We have not slept for 36 hours.
I am feeling slightly overwhelmed but very happy to be back in Uganda.
We have had meetings all day, filmed and edited a video and uploaded it onto 21 different video platforms – woohoo, the internet connection worked. It is nearly 9pm and I am seeing double and having trouble writing so apologies for my brevity.
I am shocked at how bad the situation is and the global economic recession is really affecting the most vulmerable and the homes are all over capacity and turning babies away.
I feel incredibly lucky to have such an amazing team around me and relieved you can watch our video of Day 1:
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ycxGi8aXz8
Lara has organised all our logistics and is doing a brilliant job pre-empting all our needs, Saff did a great job today shooting and cutting our Day 1 video and hopefully from now on (with sleep) it will get easier.
Brian and I have spent all day meeting Barbara from Sanyu and Charles from Home Start International and it was amazing catching up with our team – Norah, Catherine and Dennis this evening but now it is time for sleep as we have another full on day tomorrow.
I’ll try to get tweeting more tomorrow.
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April 16, 2009 at 11:41 am
Trish
GOOD LUCK LUCY & TEAM!
AFADU is behind you all the way!
http://afadu.com/blog/?p=82
April 17, 2009 at 3:16 am
Jenny Recotta
I just found your blog today while I was doing research for a paper I’m working on. I lived in Jinja, Uganda last summer and worked at the Amani Baby Cottage. I finishing up nursing school in a few weeks and for my final paper I’m doing a community assessment of Uganda… my main diagnosis and the basis of the paper is centered around the causes of child abandonment in Uganda and what the solutions are. Exactly what you’re doing! So, I just wanted to let you know I will be following your journey and perhaps using your current findings as part of my paper. And I would love to hear how your time there goes and what the needs are because I will hopefully be returning for a time this summer and am still trying to figure out where i’ll be and what i’ll be doing while i’m there.
April 21, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Lucy Buck
Hi Jenny
I visited Armani baby home in Jinja and met the team last year!
Would love to help you with your paper an happy to send you our situational analysis report and statistics on abandonment.
Please keep following our journey and lets keep in touch
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