Even I don’t… I lost count!

Today, the third trimester of school of this year begins, and so… we distributed scholastics. Just scroll through, and be happy that such grace is possible in our world.

Dearest friends, as you know, we have greatly advanced with the construction of the HOCT school – it is almost ready! The walls are good and solid, the roof is in place.

We need to buy 21 windows, which are a bit expensive – 100 euros each. I am trying not to get overwhelmed by this and buy each window at a turn, to the best of our possibilities.

Consider helping HOCT Help One Child Thrive finish the school! Any little bit donated will be used towards the purchase of windows – this is our remaining objective for this year.

The windows are really nice and beautiful, with metallic structures – which is why they are so expensive. I’ll get the doors myself.

PayPal: contact@helponechildthrive.com

It is a little bit cold today, and it is absolutely Monday – I think you all agree with me on this one – it is so Monday, that I need three more cups of coffee, but I am so happy to see the beautiful children who have come to take their food from our office.

How patiently they wait, how well behaved they are! Ho strongly they believe in our love! I would do anything for them. For more than 4 years, I haven’t taken a single day off from HOCT, I have been here at any hour of the day and of the night, for the children, together with my beautiful colleagues and those who sometimes help me.

I would like to think that HOCT is just as addictive for you as it is for me, because I cannot imagine one single day of my life without it.

It is close to 8 PM, we are still distributing food and I am still writing reports. My beloved Teacher, Geshe Sonam, was telling me this morning that I should sleep more – the sleepless night was very probably shining through my make-up 🤣 to which I told him…. when? Because there is so much to do and all of it is so well-worth the effort.

Shoutout to the beautiful souls Gabby and Maria, for their love and dedication towards the smallest girl at HOCT – Haula ❤ too much cuteness overload!

At the end of each day, looking at all we have accomplished together… my heart just fills with joy. I don’t always find my words; today is like that. I just look at the photos and I am happy.

I am so happy and content today…

One of our children, a little boy called Kabodhe Abdu Rahuman, has scored the highest marks in Idudi for T2 / 2024. This is a boy that has been abandoned by two sponsors and for whom my lovely Nina has been paying school fees because she is exceptionally kind and she believes in children…

So we have vowed that the child who gets the highest score, each trimester, receives a bicycle as a gift from HOCT (Mugoya and myself are paying for it).

Today, my colleague went to the school and spoke to the children, giving them courage and a newly-found motivation to study very hard. And in front of all the assembly, this sweetheart Kabodhe has received his bicycle.

HOCT is a good place. When you take a little step to help a child, we take 5 more alongside with you. We work together; we build together; come and help a child, because I promise you: the results are wow.

You don’t only help a child. You help this world become a wholesome place, a clean place, a good place.

There has been so much work in the past few days, that I failed to update our website. At the end of the day, I just put my head on the pillow and fall asleep in seconds.

After being away from home (and from my tables), it has been crazy to catch up with everything – well finally I managed! Phew. All tables are updated and most of the work has been caught up with.

In the village where we unfold our activity, we are currently experiencing very bad weather, which impedes our activities a little bit.

Despite everything, we work with love and gratitude.

30 children received food and clothes. It’s a good day of our lives.

At the end of a very hard day, a lot of work done, and with a whole lot of love.

We are working hard today, as usual at the end of the month. Not complaining; feeling happy and joyful that we can accomplish our aims and be of use to others who are much more unfortunate than us.

We’ve had an electricity failure and some of the photos are a bit dark.

We love you all and we think of you.
May all children enjoy happiness and may they never suffer from hunger!

So many good things happened today. Among the many children that came to pick their food today, I was overjoyed to see Bwiso, one of our hydrocephalus children, who has received a generous one-time donation from the lovely lady Janet Attard A whole lot of food; he had received food earlier this month, but this second set ensures that he can eat to his heart’s content and gain much-needed strength.

I hope to be able to do something for this child (medically) in the near future so that his life normalizes a bit. He is a good and sweet child and I love him dearly.

Then, the adorable little Nambubi has received so many rich gifts from her lovely long-distance mother Alexandra Asaftei who loves her so much!

Then let me also show you my sweet Kayuza, the albino girl, who is with us since the very beginning of HOCT and under my personal care now. She is special and vulnerable, and sometimes she faces some bullying, but we are doing our best to nurture her self-esteem.

Last but not least – shout out to my colleague Mugoya Swaliki, who worked so hard today. Well done!