This is an update to tell you some extremely exciting news!! A few weeks ago I received an email from project trust, with details of my project! I literally was jumping up and down from my seat and occasionally letting a scream/squeal come out (my sister had no idea what was going on) so now to the details.
I will be setting of from London Gatwick on the 1st of September this year (only 3 months and 14 days!) I will then be flying to Uganda! I have been placed in the perfect and most wonderful project and i am so SO pleased i got picked for this! I will be working at the Good Hope Initiative in a very small rural village called Kisweera near a small town Mityana. It is west from Kampala the city centre. Good Hope Initiative is a non-government community based organisation. The initiative works to re-house orphans locally and
is funded by the Host who generates income for the organisation through selling his own art work. My role is to volunteer in the schools the orphans attend, in nursery and primary classes. The classes are small by Ugandan standards of 30-35 pupils. The School is very basic made of papyrus and iron sheeting. Our host is keen for us to start extra curricular activities in art, sports, music and more. There is also an opportunity to work in the local medical clinic nearby.
My accommodation is also very basic I will be sharing a room with my partner (yet to meet) in a small building. Cooking facilities are on a charcoal stove and there is no running water so I will need to collect it from a source 5 minutes away. There is only electricity at times and I will use a long
drop toilet at the back of the house which is shared with their neighbors! I will be great place to get to know the locals in the Que to the toilet!
Locals tend to use the front step of their houses to do washing and cooking; so it’s very sociable!
I am so unbelievably excited for this opportunity and I just want to go out there now!!
I have attached some photos from the Good Hope Initatives facebook page of the kids that go there.
Thanks for reading! Abi
