WELCOME TERRI TO UGANDA!
LIFE WITH TK: Back to Africa: Well, I'm off to Africa again... I'm taking off this evening for another trip to Ethiopia, and then heading to Uganda (for the first time) ...
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
"The situation is so terrible. We are soon burying people because of hunger. There's no money and the place is dry. Even our crops are dying. Sincerely, there is no maize. Very soon we will stop taking lunch because there's no means so we are living for God's Will." --Samuel, a Congolese living in the UNHCR Kyaka II Refugee Camp Uganda.
Truthfully it's easy for us to ignore this and go about our day, have a great lunch, enjoy a Starbucks and go back to work or to our homes, turn on the TV and then have a nice dinner. Later that night we crawl into bed and we feel no hunger. Yes, most of us have been blessed; however there are children in our world that go to bed extremely hungry every night. (See 2012 world hunger stats on bottom link)
I know you care about others so here is how you can help.
Feed Just One has a goal to make it as easy as possible for you to feed a child. You might not be able to feed every hungry child in the world, but you can feed one.
Every time you buy a T-shirt from Feed Just One they donate 30 meals. At the beginning of every month they send your donation to Think Humanity and we send it to Uganda to our education manager. He then goes shopping for food with the girls that are living at our hostel.
Pictured are some of our girls purchasing food at the marketplace in Hoima, Uganda
If Feed Just One sells 90 T-shirts every month, then it should be enough to feed all 30 girls for 30 days. See there! With each T-shirt you purchase, you provided a whole month's worth of meals to one of our children. Thirty girls might not sound like a lot, but FJO has committed to providing 32,850 meals a year!
Visit the Feed Just One website to learn more at http://www.feedjustone.com/
For the price of one inexpensive meal here, you can feed a whole classroom full of children (in this case a hostel full of girls).
Mother Teresa once said, "If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
Who we are feeding and why: Think Humanity brought these children together to live in a hostel so that they can receive a secondary school education within the town of Hoima. Our girls come from South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, northern Uganda and poor rural villages in Uganda. These children have been victims of war or displacement and most have been orphaned. Learn more about the Think Humanity Girls' Hostel.
"Let God help us. Last weekend the hospital was full of people sick from hunger and malnutrition." - Andrew, Refugee from the UNHCR Kyangwali Refugee Camp Uganda. "It is true famine is very tough now here. That is why all children came to school without food." Amani, UNHCR Kyangwali Refugee Camp Uganda.
Learn more about the 2012 World Child Hunger Facts/Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics. The main cause of child hunger (malnutrition) is extreme poverty. Conflict (war) and climate changes also contribute to starvation.
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The photo above was taken last April when money from T-shirt sales helped provide our children with eggs, bananas, pineapple, rice, potatoes and cabbage.
You can also contribute to Think Humanity at this link: Donate
"To help save lives and provide hope for refugees and underdeveloped communities in Africa by improving provisions for healthcare, clean water, education and socio-economic development."
Beth Heckel, Executive Director
Monday, May 21, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
World Malaria Day April 25, 2012
Think Humanity's, Beth Heckel spoke on Wednesday April 25, 2012 to the youth at Foundations Church. Some volunteers held up the bed net while a child laid inside to demonstrate how to be protected from mosquitoes. A child under the age of 5 years will die every 30 seconds from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, but malaria is preventable and treatable.
A $10 insecticide-treated long-lasting bed net can help saves lives.
To learn more about Think Humanity and how to help fight malaria visit this link. Think Humanity.
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| April 25, 2012 Foundations Church Middle School |
A $10 insecticide-treated long-lasting bed net can help saves lives.
To learn more about Think Humanity and how to help fight malaria visit this link. Think Humanity.
WHAT IS MALARIA?
Malaria is a disease of the blood that is transmitted to people by an infected female mosquito. Malaria infects and destroys red blood cells (anemia) and clogs the capillaries that carry blood to the brain (cerebral malaria) or to the vital organs.Saturday, April 21, 2012
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
FEED JUST ONE - by purchasing socially responsible clothing
From FEED JUST ONE:
Exciting news! As of March 1st we have adopted the food program at a girl's hostel in Hoima, Uganda! There are 30 young girls that live there and attend school. Their diet currently consists of posho - a paste made of maize flour.
We will be upgrading their meals to include fruits, veggies, eggs, and dairy. Every shirt we sell provides 30 meals so every time you buy a shirt it will allow all 30 girls to sit down to a nice balanced meal. If we can sell just 90 shirts a month this will mean 3 decent meals every day and no more posho!
Over the next month you will meet all 30 girls.
Here is a picture of the posho - can't wait to show you the new and improved meals in April!
FEED JUST ONE - join on Facebook and provide one meal.
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| Photo from the Think Humanity Girls' Hostel in Hoima Uganda. Posho is a pasty-like food made from maize flour and water. The girls need to add fruits, vegetables and other products to their diet. When you purchase a product from Feed Just One, you have provided 30 nutritional meals to our children. |
http://feedjustone.storenvy.com/ to buy a t-shirt.
Feed Just One was born out of the desire of one person who wanted desperately to stop world hunger but felt that just one person couldn’t possibly make a difference. That is, until its founder came across a simple yet profound quote from Mother Theresa that said, “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” It was at that moment that he decided that even if he couldn’t solve the entire problem he had absolutely no excuse for doing nothing at all. He would “Feed Just One”. And thus the socially responsible clothing organization was started, with the goal of helping others to Feed Just One person – today and every day.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
"Being a Leader is Great - I love my job."
Christine's intro by Charity Watson, TH Board Member in Uganda.
Madame Christine is our hostel matron. Her strength and ability to influence these girls inspires me daily. The girls listen to her, respect her, love her, and fear her. She truly is such a big part of this project and I am happy to call her my sister. These are her words….
Since I become a leader, it changed my life and my behavior. I love my job which is being a matron to keep young girls at Think Humanity Girls’ Hostel in Hoima. I love staying with young girls because I can teach them many things like how a girl child must behave, because teaching a girl child is to promote the nation.
I love Think Humanity girls because they listen to me joke, love my advice, play with me netball every weekend at Kitara Secondary School in Hoima and they like it so much because am a mother to them since they left their parents at home to come to school. I become a mother but I also have to play with them and that’s assign of love becouse I love them so much.
Some people say that girls are bad because they steal their husbands. But I say no because once they are taught how to behave, then they become good leaders of tomorrow. Look at Uganda today: women are so important because they are being elected to be representatives in communities, councils, and parliament.
Staying with young girls changed my life. I respect my life such that I can be an example to the rest. When you find same one in need you can help because you will get blessing from our lord and you can have the ever-lasting life upon that. Therefore, members lets join hands and support young girls.
My mother used to stop me from having groups but I could tell that mummy this is my time but then which time is that? Because I could see other girls going to public places I had to sit down and ask my uncle’s wife, but Abwooli does my mother love me? She said yes and that is why she is stopping you from having groups they are bad and it will not help you any more. After getting that from her I told her that am not going to ashame you. I have to be a leader anywhere so long as I lead young girls such that they can get a bright future.
Share what you have: Command them to do good, good needs, and to generous and willing to share. In this way, they will lay up treasure for them selves as a firm foundation for the coming age. So that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
ADVICE: I do advise my girls about many things in this world as a girl child:
■The way they should behave in the community.
■Acquire a positive, prosperity mindset.
■Work harder, wisely and smartly more especially in education.
■Set and work on spiritual, social and career goals.
■Maintain your integrity, virginity in all you do people will continue respecting you.
■Look after your self and families as well e.g. by helping your mother cooking digging and other work were necessary. Soon than later, you will be a prosperous girl/woman.
COURAGE: The other ingredient of prosperity is courage. In life, one is often confronted with a situation where one is to take a risk. Here I mean that going out for discos, videos, night cinemas as a young girl. To take risks and unknown is by going out with bad groups.
PROSPERITY: Since whatever is inside a person’s life, behavior, and achievements of anyone are determined by the inside self, someone with prosperity will become prosperous.
GOALS: The first and the most important step for any successful life are to set goals. With goals, a person looks for what he or she knows and moves towards a known destination. You know what you are looking for you are likely to find it.
MEANWHILE: Before you achieve your goals to live in abundance, learn from your teachers what they teach you. They are very important lessons.
I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances, I know what it is to be in need, I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether we are fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in wants. “I can do every thing through him who gives me strength’’ yes do every thing through him and the rest will follow and that is our Lord.
Written by Nyandera Christine (ateenyi)
Please feel free to contact Christine with any questions regarding one of the girls that you have sponsored.
Email:Christine.nyandera@yahoo.com
Facebook:Christine.nyandera@yahoo.com
Tel: 0788833681
http://thgirlshostel.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/being-a-leader-is-great-i-love-my-job/
Madame Christine is our hostel matron. Her strength and ability to influence these girls inspires me daily. The girls listen to her, respect her, love her, and fear her. She truly is such a big part of this project and I am happy to call her my sister. These are her words….
Since I become a leader, it changed my life and my behavior. I love my job which is being a matron to keep young girls at Think Humanity Girls’ Hostel in Hoima. I love staying with young girls because I can teach them many things like how a girl child must behave, because teaching a girl child is to promote the nation.
I love Think Humanity girls because they listen to me joke, love my advice, play with me netball every weekend at Kitara Secondary School in Hoima and they like it so much because am a mother to them since they left their parents at home to come to school. I become a mother but I also have to play with them and that’s assign of love becouse I love them so much.
Some people say that girls are bad because they steal their husbands. But I say no because once they are taught how to behave, then they become good leaders of tomorrow. Look at Uganda today: women are so important because they are being elected to be representatives in communities, councils, and parliament.
Staying with young girls changed my life. I respect my life such that I can be an example to the rest. When you find same one in need you can help because you will get blessing from our lord and you can have the ever-lasting life upon that. Therefore, members lets join hands and support young girls.
My mother used to stop me from having groups but I could tell that mummy this is my time but then which time is that? Because I could see other girls going to public places I had to sit down and ask my uncle’s wife, but Abwooli does my mother love me? She said yes and that is why she is stopping you from having groups they are bad and it will not help you any more. After getting that from her I told her that am not going to ashame you. I have to be a leader anywhere so long as I lead young girls such that they can get a bright future.
Share what you have: Command them to do good, good needs, and to generous and willing to share. In this way, they will lay up treasure for them selves as a firm foundation for the coming age. So that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
ADVICE: I do advise my girls about many things in this world as a girl child:
■The way they should behave in the community.
■Acquire a positive, prosperity mindset.
■Work harder, wisely and smartly more especially in education.
■Set and work on spiritual, social and career goals.
■Maintain your integrity, virginity in all you do people will continue respecting you.
■Look after your self and families as well e.g. by helping your mother cooking digging and other work were necessary. Soon than later, you will be a prosperous girl/woman.
COURAGE: The other ingredient of prosperity is courage. In life, one is often confronted with a situation where one is to take a risk. Here I mean that going out for discos, videos, night cinemas as a young girl. To take risks and unknown is by going out with bad groups.
PROSPERITY: Since whatever is inside a person’s life, behavior, and achievements of anyone are determined by the inside self, someone with prosperity will become prosperous.
GOALS: The first and the most important step for any successful life are to set goals. With goals, a person looks for what he or she knows and moves towards a known destination. You know what you are looking for you are likely to find it.
MEANWHILE: Before you achieve your goals to live in abundance, learn from your teachers what they teach you. They are very important lessons.
I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances, I know what it is to be in need, I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether we are fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in wants. “I can do every thing through him who gives me strength’’ yes do every thing through him and the rest will follow and that is our Lord.
Written by Nyandera Christine (ateenyi)
Please feel free to contact Christine with any questions regarding one of the girls that you have sponsored.
Email:Christine.nyandera@yahoo.com
Facebook:Christine.nyandera@yahoo.com
Tel: 0788833681
http://thgirlshostel.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/being-a-leader-is-great-i-love-my-job/
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| Christine, TH matron at the THGH |
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| Christine and Jonas with the girl hostel leaders |
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| Girls are studying on the floor (we need tables and chairs) as Christine irons in the corner |
LET THERE BE LIGHT!...and there is light!
Solar panel update!
It was said today, "I will not complain about not having light again."
The wires are connected, the panels are in place and we should have pictures by Monday! Thank you to all that donated towards this back-up light source for my birthday.
We are still working on getting the solar fridge, which is very important (and we are getting closer), BUT one step at a time, because NOW there will be light, LET THERE BE LIGHT!...at the TH Health Centre in Hoima, Uganda.
Many, many thanks to Amy Evancheck who helped us to raise a large part of the initial funds -she got us off to a running start. I will say it over and over again "She gave birth to this great achievement and SO, THIS IS HER BABY!
Special thanks to Jennifer Campbell and Heather Kholif who held a fund-raiser at Applebee's to also make this possible, to all of the volunteers that day and all of the people who came out to support TH.
Thanks to all of you -- nurses will no longer be treating our patients in the dark.
Individuals to thank that donated through Amy Evancheck (nurse who came with us to Uganda), who saw a problem and pushed us to the solution -
Bridgett Perez, Len Wheeler, Kimberly Holty, Rosemary Novak, Marilyn Naper, Phyllis Gilbertson, Judi Hoback, Paul Krueger, Charlotte Havey, Mrs. John Krueger, Karyn Holz, Lauren Kraus, Michelle Stone Kaus, Susan Ryan, Ellen Evancheck, Patricia Coe-Withington, Rebecca J. Beshore, Barbara Masoner and Mary Ann Evancheck...and of course Amy, who not only fund-raised, but she donated as well.
You can easily see the results of your donations through TH, no matter how big or how small.
It was said today, "I will not complain about not having light again."
The wires are connected, the panels are in place and we should have pictures by Monday! Thank you to all that donated towards this back-up light source for my birthday.
We are still working on getting the solar fridge, which is very important (and we are getting closer), BUT one step at a time, because NOW there will be light, LET THERE BE LIGHT!...at the TH Health Centre in Hoima, Uganda.
Many, many thanks to Amy Evancheck who helped us to raise a large part of the initial funds -she got us off to a running start. I will say it over and over again "She gave birth to this great achievement and SO, THIS IS HER BABY!
Special thanks to Jennifer Campbell and Heather Kholif who held a fund-raiser at Applebee's to also make this possible, to all of the volunteers that day and all of the people who came out to support TH.
Thanks to all of you -- nurses will no longer be treating our patients in the dark.
Individuals to thank that donated through Amy Evancheck (nurse who came with us to Uganda), who saw a problem and pushed us to the solution -
Bridgett Perez, Len Wheeler, Kimberly Holty, Rosemary Novak, Marilyn Naper, Phyllis Gilbertson, Judi Hoback, Paul Krueger, Charlotte Havey, Mrs. John Krueger, Karyn Holz, Lauren Kraus, Michelle Stone Kaus, Susan Ryan, Ellen Evancheck, Patricia Coe-Withington, Rebecca J. Beshore, Barbara Masoner and Mary Ann Evancheck...and of course Amy, who not only fund-raised, but she donated as well.
You can easily see the results of your donations through TH, no matter how big or how small.
Mungu iko!
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