Dear Friends it has been very quite here lately and by of an update the bike pumps you kindly donated were received in Ruhanga and here are some photos from that event. This is Michael on of the volunteers from the UK handing over the pumps to the girls’ head Teacher The rest of the [...]
In the last post I told you about a new initiative for girls to help them gain practical skills they can use to generate their own income. I caught up with the girls in Uganda last month. They were five weeks into the course and about to graduate. My good friend Sally Church had learned [...]
I am very excited about this year and the direction we are going. Ruhanga is a typical African Village, with no factories and rural to urban migration is high as men especially leave for towns and cities in search of work. But this option, is not often available to women and girls. For the last [...]
Gateway to Ruhanga Community project Another classroom finished and the beginnings of another- the school is growing so fast. In 2008 we had 8 children learning out of a chicken shed today 480 children are registered. We thank you for your support. View from the school gate-really pleased to see that the grass in the [...]
During the course of the year, the Trustees and friends of the charity LET THEM HELP THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY put out appeals for money to fund community projects in the village of Ruhanga, SW Uganda. As much as we ask you to support our efforts to better the lives of people you don’t know, we are [...]
One of the questions that we asked time and time again is – HOW CAN I HELP When we got started we envisaged people in the west coming out to Ruhanga to share their skills with the locals or use those very skills to help solve day to day challenges that folk in Ruhanga face [...]
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Last week we announced that had on the Community Health Centre had started in earnest. A big thank you to those that have heeded our call for support. It is a huge undertaking and we are grateful for all the support that we can get It is all hands on deck now and even the [...]
Phew! It is August already, the Olympics have come and gone. Really proud that one of the Gold medals went to Stephen Kiprotich a Ugandan long Distance runner. Did you know it is 40 years since Uganda won a gold medal at the Olympics! This is a cue to get our school children interested in [...]
Mudslides in Bududa- NE Uganda We have had an update from the young people working with the Ugandan Red Cross to aid the victims of the mudslides in NE Uganda. Please help us help them by making a donation at Bududa NE Uganda- survivors gaze at the empty space that used to be their [...]
