Porridge Pot

There have been many generous people filling the blue/yellow Porridge Pots, each pupil or parent with their own particular story.   Many thanks to Sophie who completely emptied her money box, gently cajoling her family, including Grandparents to empty their pockets and then sweetly presenting £40 of lose change last Wednesday. She has paid for 2,400 Read more…

QEH pays for 10 weeks of porridge!

James and James with Susannah and Tim We had a photo session outside the imposing building of Queen Elizabeth Hospital yesterday. The Evening Post couldn’t make it, but will hopefully publish a little later.  Mr Andrew Lewis-Barned was particularly helpful and enthusiastic about what we do, and is as delighted as Tim and myself at all Read more…

WONDERFUL NEWS – QEH

Thank you so much to all the gentlemen of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bristol who contributed so brilliantly to The Porridge Pot Project.  James Wearmouth (such a star) and our James, Harry and Melissa gave a presentation about the need for pupils here in our link school, Kyabirwa, to EAT! The pupils  walk to school, Read more…

Thank you and farewell

We drove with Paul Kiiza to Buckley High Special School yesterday. Dressed in his Sunday best, he wandered around the school explaining to his teachers and friends that he is leaving for Vocational College in Kampala to train as a carpenter. Everyone was sad not to have his continued genial company, but very pleased that Read more…

Paul Kiiza

Paul, seen here taking a little lunch break yesterday, told us wonderful stories of his time at Entebbe, where he represented his school in Athletics.  Whilst there he taught himself to ride a bicycle, falling off only once, which hurt so much he determined not to have it happen again.  Taking a ride outside the Read more…

Boys back in school

On 30th January all Ugandan schools opened for registration.  Vincent had taken himself to Lords Meade Vocational College the night before we met up with him, registering him and Ben the Runner.  We went by bodas the scary short route into town, dust tracks under the railway bridge over the Nile.  Interestingly this bridge is “closed” Read more…

Fingerprinting continues at St John’s

Smiling from ear to ear the adorable Maddie and Harrison (photo refusing to upload at present) place their unique fingerprints upon the calendars ready for Mrs Hills to take the Bristol scenes 2012 to Uganda next week.  Thank you to everyone who has thus far paid their £20 (or more), thereby feeding the 1,200 pupils Read more…

FILLING YOUR PORRIDGE POTS

LIBBY -The first fingerprint (actually THUMB in this case ) has been printed by the lovely Liberty Sadler, in the ICT suite of St John’s – making her mark as you can see, upon the two calendars – one for St John’s Uganda notice board and the Bristol calendar to be displayed in the kitchen at Kyabirwa, Read more…

Celebrations in Wales

The Beckingsales, Campbells, Hills and many many more met in Wales for a fabulous celebration of 20th Wedding Anniversary, birthdays galore and engagement.  Instead of giving presents it was suggested that donations be given to the work of Fingerprints in Uganda.  Tim and Susannah, dressed in Ugandan attire, gave a quick presentation to a packed Read more…