It was Faith Over Fear (FOF) SLTs turn to take to the airwaves last week. Radio is the main way of reaching people here in Northern Uganda but with everyone from churches to businesses taking to air it has become very costly, in fact more than our modest budget would allow. Fortunately for us we […]
Schools have been closed for over four months, with online learning not a viable option for children in Gulu, our friends at READ for Life have taken to providing lessons on the radio. So far they have produced over 280 lessons! Part of the lessons is a story time and I have been helping write […]
A tribute to our dear teammate Carole Waller, for her Thanksgiving service in Gulu. Today, I seek to share a little of the Gulu Carole, no words can fully capture a person, but I hope to give you at a least a glimpse, of the woman who we knew and loved. These words are not […]
The results are in. Plastic Free July has come and gone, but how did it go? Well, unsurprisingly there is the good, the bad and the ugly. Firstly the good, that seems like a nice place to start. My goal had been to reduce the number the horrible little black plastic bags that seem to […]
You might think that because we live in Uganda, we live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. Sadly you’d be wrong. Despite the fact that we now live in a country that from a global perspective has relatively low carbon emissions, personally, we are still disporportiante polluters. When Joe and I got married, we tried to […]
We have just celebrated our second birthday at Gulu Globetrotters, but as we grow we REALLY need teachers, educational leaders and administrators to come and join the adventure. Need a little persuading? Check out this amazing video made by the two of our Globetrotter parents. Please share widely. Thank you.
In February University Community Church turned 5! We had a wonderful celebration, remembering all that God has done over the past 5 years; from meeting in the back room of Jimmy and Phiona’s house to now a community already outgrowing our fabulous bamboo sanctuary. We joined the church 4 years ago, then called One Love, […]
At 16:47 on Tuesday 18 September we welcomed into the world our most beautiful and wonderful Eleanor Ada Joy. Weighing a healthy 3.76kg (8lb 4oz), both she and Lois are doing very well. Naturally we’re plunged back into figuring out new rhythms of family life and living without sleep, but everyone’s doing well and enjoying […]
One of the highlights of these past few months has been the opportunity to do some training with teachers and soon to be teachers about communication disability and what they can do to make a difference. The first of these was in partnership with an incredible organisation called Read for Life Uganda, who as one […]
So a whole year has passed and our little school has grown from 7 children, from 4 families, representing 4 nations, to 19 children representing a whopping 9 nations! We have two wonderful teachers, and the parents take it in turns to volunteer each day. On the 6th of June we had a little celebration […]