Bugiri, Uganda

To day we are up earlier as we decided to get the children loads of Maths books and pencils plus pens. Paula our guide knows the area really well and is determined to get the best price on the stationary. In half an hour she must visit 10 shops and negotiates everyone down and some until she is happy. We finally fill the 4by4 up with all the stationary and then make the journey to the home of the children.
As we arrive there are so many faces peering around the gate all wait for us. Mandela says they had e been asking constantly when are ye coming. The older boys with some instruction lift all the stationary to the office and place it down gentle.
We take our usual sits in the main room with so many hopeful faces looking up at us.
Mandala lest the children know that they are now ready for school with all the stationary. The children clap this rhythm shouting thank you very much. Eish.......it is so load.
A selected few are asked what the difference the stationary will make.
One little girl stands up and says thank you sir it will now be possible for me to learn how to write my name on paper.
(The smallest of things could make a. difference to a child's life.
After a few more share we are going to revisit the farm again has today is meant to be a clear one.
We make the hours drive again and arrive at the farm.
The soil is so red here which normally means it is rich in iron.
Mandela takes us to the furthest boundary where we didn't quite get to the other day because of the rain.
Mandela shared his vision with me how he wishes on the next planting of the peanuts 🥜 he wishes to cover the whole 5 acres but this time get a return of £7,000 at the market. Last time only half the acres were planted and they receive £3,000 from the sell of them. We were so grateful for the seeds in the first place to be able to plant the peanuts.
Thank you to #DebbieDigby and #passion4hair and the #Feathersgroup for donation £1,000 a year ago. We took the decision back then to purchase the seedlings thus giving the £1,000 longevity.
From that harvest we then manage to save 6 sacks off seeds ready to plant this year. So every year Debbie you are making it possible for food to be purchased and school uniforms to be brought and tools for the farm.
We continue our walk to the left of the farm and there are some huge bolder coming out from the ground. Mandela climbs up on one along with Nkosie and Paula. Here Chris is where I wish to teach the children about farming. They can all sit on this rocks and I can be down there Chris it would be like an amphitheater.
Plus when we have visitors they can all leave their message on the rocks for the children.
Mandela always has the children as the priority the first thought in his head.
We sat one of the rocks talk about where he would like the home for the children to be exactly. Paula came up with the idea that maybe we should build cluster homes. A complete home for 6 children and a house mum in it. A kitchen, a living area and bathroom. Each house would have 6 children of their own age and a house mother. There would be 10 houses in total supporting 61 children.
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