6/9/14 This morning we left Kabale, descending from the mountains, past the enormous flower farm belonging to President Museveni’s wife and into the rolling hills covered in banana trees to see our Coffee Farmer Cooperative in Rukingiri, a town about two hours away. Father Ignatius, who is a young priest with unstoppable energy and a …
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An Addendum to the Last Few Days
6/7/14 Addendum to last few days: I feel like I have been so tired each night that I have been missing the real flavor of this trip so far, in my attempt to get the blog written so I can sleep and all the while having connectivity issues. Today is a free Sunday until we …
Day 2 Batwa Village Visits
6/7/14 Today was wow! The rain stopped and the area where the four new Batwa groups live is spectacularly beautiful. They are in the beginning stages of the project, as we have only been working with them since January, as opposed to two years with the other groups. The theme of the day seemed to …
Batwa Village Visits Day 1
6/6/14 Finally, it is the end of a very very very long day, so I will be brief and elaborate more tomorrow. This morning, my husband, my colleague Delphin and a group from our partner AICM, led by Bishop Kayeye and I visited three of the four Batwa groups from the first phase of the …
Arriving in Rwanda 2 days late!
6/5/14 After one travel snafu after another, my husband and I finally arrived in Kigali, Rwanda last night at 1:30 AM. We are two days late! Gratefully, we were greeted warmly at the airport by Jean Marie, our driver and friend, who quickly delivered us to a short, but well needed sleep. This morning, we …
Come with me to Africa!
6/2/14 Today, I am leaving for my annual trip to Africa to visit our projects and to meet with potential new partners on new projects. If you would like to learn more about the work we are doing, hear stories about the people with whom we are working, see new pictures of the projects, people …
Mushroom Farmers and Final Day
1/25/13 This morning, I made my final visit for this trip to meet the Kajjansi Mushroom Farmers. Kajjansi is located on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda’s largest city. This group is part of the Muru Pig Cooperative (called the Pig/Mushroom Cooperative in the timeline) and has 12 members, 8 women and 4 men. There is …
1/23/13 On my last morning in Kigali, we met with the leaders of the Market Cooperative. This group is always one of my favorites. They are a dynamic group of women that are having much success and continue to be able to take larger and larger loans, as they pay back previous ones. If you …
1/19/13 Yesterday was one of those days that made me sure that we are not wasting our time here. The day started early on the road from Kigali to the border of Rwanda and Uganda. It is a breathtaking drive, which I know I have described in blogs of years past, but it is equally …
1/18/13 I will start by saying that today was a wonderful day, because I visited 3 projects outside Kigali, all of which are really changing people’s lives and are growing each time I come to visit. First, we went to see the Murama Pig and Chicken Cooperative (called Rwanda Pig and Chicken Coop on the …