Uganda (Special Needs School)

July 20th...

Our team visited Agururu Special Needs school in the morning.

It's a nice property that has come a long ways since a water well was installed by HOPE 4 KIDS.

Love how the students didn't want to focus in class but instead peered out the windows to see who was there.

Models... striking a pose for me. :-)

Nearly 100 of the 200 students who go to school here have special needs.

Deaf students learning in sign language. So important for these kiddos. 

Those same students were excited to take selfies with Justin.

The students who stay on property full time gathered in one of the classrooms for us.

There was laughing & singing...

... followed by our team passing out new mosquito nets, tooth brushes & tooth paste.

Bill posing with his sponsored daughter and her sister.

They were sure happy to reunite & spend precious time together.

As you can see the children need new mosquito nets

I am so happy they will have new mosquito nets to help prevent Malaria. 

Each child who stays on property has their own chest for their personal belongings. One young girl showed us her "Dress a Girl" outfit that she received last year. She was very proud to show it to us. :-)

It was wonderful to see this child enjoying clean water from the well that was installed a few years ago.

Water is Life!

Uganda (Lee School)

:-)

A few more photos from Lee School in Nyafumba Village...

When we arrived at the school (July 19) we had an enthusiastic welcome from the school kids. 

Singing!

Small world story: I didn't know when we arrived at this school (but found out before we left) that the land for this school "Lee Preparatory Academy" and the development of this property with teachers etc was funded by Arizona friends of ours; Terry & Sara Lee!!! Wow! I am so happy I got to see this beautiful property and ALL the children they are helping with a wonderful education, clean drinking water, soccer field and more. It's really an amazing project that is changing lives.

Best smile!

Hello Hello!

April with many hugs.

Heidi too.

In addition to Dress a Girl there was the medical check-up for all the students.

3 doctors from the USA are traveling with our Hope4Kids International team.

They are checking for fevers, malaria, colds, skin conditions, stomach issues...

 Big blessing to recieve this care!

We finished the day here with games.

April blowing bubbles to the kiddos.

:-)

Duck, Duck, Goose!

A very, VERY good day!

While many of us were in Nyafumba Village to Dress a Girl (& do medical check-ups) others from our team went to Sibanga Village to deliver mosquito nets & build a mud hut for a child (& family) who is in H4KI sponsorship program.

Uganda (Dress a Girl)

Dress a Girl program was a HIT!

1 of the 3 outreach options on July 19th was to drive 45 minutes to a school that HOPE4KIDS built & deliver new dresses. April & I chose this option & it was so fun! How special it was to take time with each girl, see their anticipation & then joy when they wore their new pretty dresses.

Rachel Eggum (in photo) started this program 10 years ago when she saw the need for so many girls here in Africa. She reached out to a few friends to sew some dresses, then posted the need on Facebook and the word spread! These dresses are made from people all over and sent with HOPE4KIDS to Africa to bring a girl happiness.

LOVE these sweeties.

:-)

Diane from Chicago helping each girl. Diane made a lot of the dresses herself as well as friends of hers from Chicago.

I really enjoyed this time.

So precious!

Heidi, April & Diane in the fun chaos.

Dresses need to go below the knee for each girl.

Girls waiting in line for their turn new dresses. The back line is already done & waiting for their routine medical check-up which HOPE4KIDS was providing this day too.

We had dresses for the littlest girls and the older school girls too.

Bonnie & Heidi surrounded by happiness.

LOVE.

 Pretty girls in pretty fabrics.

Success... each girl received a new dress! There were 2 other Dress a Girl days in different locations while we were in Uganda. Rachel and the team brought over HUGE suitcases full of dresses from the USA. 

PS: Excited that my mother-in-law, Pat is now sewing dresses for this outreach program. After Pat saw some of our trip photos she wanted to get involved with the Dress a Girl program. She ordered the dress pattern and got right to it. Yay! And Pat has several friends from California involved too. Thanks so much ladies! I know the dresses you're making will be greatly appreciated by HOPE4KIDS but more importantly they will bring big smiles to the girls who get a cute new outfit.

MADE with LOVE.