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!
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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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