I’ve always liked this quote by Israelmore Ayivor:

“Your dreams are like the cement. If you water it with actions, it becomes a hard concrete mass. But if you leave it exposed and unwatered, the air will easily blow it away.”

Two years ago, some of our dear children in Uganda went to my colleague Mugoya and said:

“We would like to have our own school — with teachers you would choose for us, because you always choose what’s best… and then Madam Vero makes it happen!”

And so… we started building a school.
Mind you — I knew nothing about construction (though I’m sure my dad would’ve been delighted to see me try!). But learning came one brick at a time.

Now, HOCT School in Uganda is almost ready. ❤️
We’re currently building a kitchen — a space where good, nutritious food will be prepared daily for the children, helping restore and sustain their health.

We already have the bricks and the cement.
Next, we need:
🟡 Sand + Lake sand — 300 €
🟡 Aggregates — 150 €

With gratitude deeper than the foundation itself, my love and thanks go to my “cement angels” (I know, poetry officially died there 🤣):

Kristyl Gravina
Ioana Dorin Munteanu
Joe Grech
Pauline Abela