I’m sat outside having my breakfast before I go off to Brain Trust school for the last visit. Every now and then either Guster or his sister Gift run across from building to building naked! Mama Guster, we don’t know her name, is sweeping and doing her washing. Judith’s already swept throughout our home and the compound that immediately surrounds the house, and is now washing up from last nights meal. She uses the sandy soil to run off stubborn debris. I’ve tried it, it works! No chemicals needed here! Innocent is cleaning the pigs out and hopefully he will be finished well before time to take me to school. Yesterday he was late and he rather smelt of pigs as I held him round his waste on his motorbike!

Looking across from Innocent’s home to the neighbours cooompound

Guster, always watching me!

Mama Guster with daughter Gift.

Man to man (or bore in this case!), a serious discussion!

Happy Birthday Gerry Mukisa! I met you nine years ago when your lovely mum Kevin and dad Patrick told me they had named you after me. I was and am so honoured. You are a beautiful loving girl and I have enjoyed watching you grow over the years. Love and hugs to you on your special day and to the rest of your family. X See you again next year! X

Gerry Mukisa aged almost nine! Mukisa means Blessed. X

New born Gerry Mukisa in November 2008

Me, ‘Aunt Gerry’, with Gerry Mukisa a few weeks ago

Patrick and Kevin with their lovely family including their first born Gerry Mukisa

With mum Kevin and little sister Amazing Grace x

As promised in the next posts I will continue to catch up with my news that I was unable to post on here when I was in Uganda. As you know since being back I have been concentrating on trying to ‘sell’ the items I brought back, in exchange for mosquito nets and it has been quite successfull but there is still plenty left so please look back if you fancy some Christmas shopping!

VERY GOOD NEWS! I have also had many more outright donations for mosquito nets and have decided to send the money for 100 nets out to my good and trustworthy friend Godfrey Mwase to deliver on my behalf so that families can be protected against Malaria as soon as possible, rather than wait until I return to Uganda in June or July. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH! I will of course be fund raising for more nets between now and then too! SO those of you who have donated nets since my return from Uganda must feel happy that you are giving someone a LIFE SAVING CHRISTMAS PRESENT! WONDERFUL! I will keep you updated when I hear from Godfrey. As you see from the photo Godfrey has already bought the nets!

For those of you who have just joined the website please have a browes back beyond where I started advertising the Uganda crafts so that you get an idea of the start of my recent visit, posts 1-13, then over the next few weeks will bring you right up to date.

Be back soon with Post 14 of my wonderful visit to Uganda.

x

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Details as in previous post.

Thank you

I try to think of different ways of raising money for my projects in Uganda and a few years ago I took out santa hats and let the children play with them. They had no idea what the hats represented but had great fun trying them on! The result is the photos I used on these cards   and I love them! I hope you like them too and will buy a pack or two in exchange for helping to buy mosquito nets. They cost me very little to produce just a lot of folding, trimming and gluing, so every penny of what you donate will go to purchase more mosquito nets. A great improvement on the little you get by buying the usual ‘charity’ cards! My suggested donation for a pack of ten is £4 but offer what you wish. There are two mixed packs available.

You might have already brought cards for this Christmas but please take some of these and keep them in stock then your donation can go straight to buying mosquito nets which are so needed. This will be the last year I make these particular cards.

Thank you in anticipation!

Pack A – click on the photo to see it in full.

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