Rooted in Uganda 2025

Over the course of the two weeks the youth got to go to multiple secondary schools to interact with student their age andsit in on a few classes. It was wonderful to see their dedicated to their education. Some would even say they are better behaved students than in England.  

On 14th August we visted the Top of Merchason Falls - we got soaked by the spray of it. Very interesting to see such a vast and powerful water fall. ~ Faith 

On the 9th of August, the youth boarded the bus and went to the Aruu waterfalls. It was a bit of a treacherous journey due to all the rain! We reached the top of the falls and began the descent. It was very steep and slippery. We were given sticks to guide us. We had to cross part of the river, some kept their shoes on while others went bare foot.  Many of us fell in a hole in the rocks and were sporting different cuts and grazes - oops.  We finally got to the base of the falls and stood staring in wonder and the sheer power of the waterfalls.  We all took lots of pictures at the base.  On the 12th of August we all boarded a boat and travelled to the bottom of Murchison falls. We saw hippos, lots of crocodiles, birds and colobus monkeys. We also got very close to an elephant which was special for many.  On our way back to Entebbe (13/08/25) we ...

The women of Pill, triumphed (sorry) with donations. Exceeding all expectations I received nearly 300 in a couple of weeks!. These have been distributed to 4 locations in Uganda and were very gratefully received. The Mother's Union women will distribute to friends and family whilst girls from the Nebbi young mothers and Hope for Life charity will also benefit. There was much fun and amusement at handover. A few pictures..... ~Gaye 

Today Thursday  is our last day in Uganda and we packed a lot in. We started by seeing the Hope for Life project  in Katanga slum in Kampala run by Frances our driver. It was both fascinating  and shocking to see conditions in this slum, over 20 000 people crowded in a small area with just 4 public toilets. The narrow alleyways had dirty water  flowing down them, made worse by sewers and occasional flooding. It was encouraging  though to see how the project is bringing hope by supporting families and training young girls in hairdressing.  Some of the group went shopping next in a craft market and came back with lots of colourful clothes, jewellery  and other things. In  the afternoon  some of us went on a wonderful boat trip across part of Lake Victoria  to the Mabanba swamp. On the search for the elusive shoebill, we found one kindly posing for numerous  photos, a large, rare strange ...

This is a post on the facts of the Ziwa rhinos There are 48 southern white rhinos at the sanctuary including babies one of which is 11 months old The sanctuary was founded in 2005 with an intake of rhinos from Disney's animal kingdom and Kenya it started with 6 rhinos