Today we continued our journey north-east of Kampala. As we left the city life behind us, we enjoyed seeing less traffic, lush gardens and the beautiful smiles and waves along the way.
We distributed another 550 bedkits to very deserving children. As the children left the distribution site balancing their mattress on their heads and holding their other bedkit items in their arms, the parents cheered! We especially loved hearing the beautiful sounds of the mothers ululating, showing us their happiness and gratitude.
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Our visit today was to Nalugalu Public School which had no glass in the windows, no water and no electricity but it did have 550 adorable children ready to receive bedkits. We enjoyed lunch after with all the volunteers in one of the classrooms.
We were fortunate to visit the happy and loving home of a single mother and her 4 youngest children. They all live in a 10' x 10' tin shack with one small bed. We brought them a gift of flour, salt, beans and soap.
Today we travelled over three hours outside of Kampala and found ourselves in the beautiful countryside village of Bulawula. We received a very warm welcome from the children and their parents as we exited the bus. We then explored the property and all agreed that the cow field next to the school would be the perfect back drop for the photo area! We quickly set up and the distribution got underway. Thanks to our wonderful Inner Wheel teammates, we were able to give 550 children the gift of sleep today!
DESTINATION SEGALYE
A 3 hour bumpy drive on the red dirt roads of Uganda brought us to today’s destination, Segalye. The distribution site was full of very excited children and parents awaiting their gift from SCAW.
The Inner Wheel ladies could not be more dedicated to serving the needy children of Uganda. They are amazing partners; kind, compassionate, hard working, organized and so very welcoming.
Another very successful (and long) 13 hour day in the books!
Our first distribution day began with a rainy drive to Kibuye, a suburb outside of Kampala. As soon as our bus pulled into our location, we saw the excited smiles from the children. We all agreed that this was a sight we have missed very much over the past couple of years. After setting up our photo area, and determining where the children would receive their bedkits, we welcomed our first group for their photo. Even better, the sun came came out! The groups moved through the distribution smoothly until the last child received their bedkit. Along with our wonderful partners, The Inner Wheel, another great group of children received the gift of sleep today!
- Team Uganda 2023
Today we visited the factories Unique Uniforms and Crest Foam. Unique Uniforms provides the dresses, shorts sets, and backpacks. Crest Foam produces the mattresses. The facilities were modern and well ventilated. The clothing company was established by a gentleman who started as a child on the street, was supported by a visionary, kind woman, acquired a manual sewing machine and was requested to make 25 school uniforms. He now provides hundreds of jobs and is training entrepreneurs. Thank you to the mattress company for also storing and delivering the bed kits to the distribution sites.
We concluded our very successful day and then gathered with our overseas volunteers, the women of the Inner Wheel.
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