After weeks of number crunching and sorting out trip finance issues, we’ve arrived at a rough figure of money we’ll have to work with while in Uganda. While I’m not going to share the rough figure publicly at this point, let me just say that both Sam and my’s jaws dropped. People have been so incredibly generous in giving towards the trip, and I’m not quite sure there are words to explain how excited I am to be able to bless the community of Mafubira with the generosity of our friends, family, and communities.
As a team, we’re committed to using the money carefully and wisely. As of now, we’ve committed $1,000 to go towards the work that the healthcare team will be doing with testing the children living at STAO, as well as neighboring villages, for HIV. Additionally, we’ve committed $2,000 to help finish the children’s housing building that Tusubira has been raising money for throughout the past year. It’s getting extremely close to being finished, and soon about 60 more children orphaned by AIDS in Mafubira will have a new home to live in. So exciting! I should mention that both of the aforementioned projects have been requests of the STAO staff, and we’ll continue to work closely with the staff in Uganda to discern where the remaining project budget will be most effective. We’ll keep you updated.
Most of all, THANK YOU, for being so incredibly supportive of the trip. We are so grateful.
with peace,
kate
