Our first 4 windows have arrived, and I am so grateful! So many thanks are due!
Beloved friends who contributed to these treasures, I rejoice in your kindness! Those windows will be mounted on our school (as soon as I have all 21). A window lets the light come in; a window makes the soul bright. I am so happy for those contributions. May you all be blessed!
We are now trying to raise funds for 6 more windows, to slowly slowly advance towards our goal.
On the International Kindness Day, I am asking all of you, HOCT friends and not only, to help this little baby. He is named Harid, he is a 2-month old boy whose mom died last week. He is now with his beautiful, youngish grandma, who has asked for our help to get the boy milk.
This tin of milk is 22 euros (89 000 UGX), and we want to get him a few. We will do all that we can, because one thing we learned at HOCT: the kindness of people is boundless.
A little while ago, we had this little lady, Kawala Shaminah, who is deaf by birth. She came to us with her three children – she had been abandoned by her husband.
At HOCT, I have some angels that want to help all the time – I cannot even begin to say how much good they bring into our world. Through their effort and generosity, Kawala and her babies had food for 3 months (and I still have, for December!)
Also this baby, John… whose skull is so severely deformed. Baby John received today a first batch of food from other two angels, and more funds for him are travelling, that will be used to get him a little bed, because this baby needs all the comfort he can get.
Also, amazingly, a very good person has committed to him. It is a WOW day!
So go ahead and look at those stories and be happy that we have managed to bring those people a little comfort; and be overjoyed thinking that, out there in this big world, there are people who are kind, and generous, and who choose to think of others first.
This sweet baby, John, is almost one year old. Yeah… I know, he looks barely 3 months old. Due to malnutrition, he did not develop well. We need to get this baby started on good, nutritious food, perhaps some special milk, I am also consulting with our medic.
As I am well aware that this baby has no chances to finding a long-distance parent, let us all focus on getting him a few donations to ensure him a few solid months of food. He needs an emergency batch. We need to save this baby, if we can – and to the best of our abilities, we shall try.
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Another beautiful day reaches the end, and we have accomplished so much. Many small children received food today. Their innocence, their fragility… they melt my heart. I am so happy for them and for the good and dear people that choose to help them.
It has been a very beautiful day of hard work, a few challenges, lack of electricity, lack of phone battery and a massive migraine for me, but we always work with love and do our best so that we do not disappoint anyone.
Our work might not be perfect, and it might seem so repetitive at times, but routine is good! It means, children have enough food to eat, people do not abandon their children, and supplies are in abundance.
For all of it, we are grateful. We fed 40 children today.
I am featuring this beautiful girl, her name is Nangobi Kamuyat – because yesterday she celebrated her birthday, she is born on November 4. She is beautiful and precious – and an orphan, so perhaps this day will bring her good luck and a long-distance parent.
She just turned 9, and of course she does not have the adorable kindness of the babies that so much attracts people – she is a tired, sad, hungry child, and still I hope and I pray that someone will see her and love her.
Nangobi has received two donations, from Nina and Janet, which will ensure that she gets food, a Birthday gift and clothes. May they be blessed, the friends who helped her! Her products will be bought soon.
We are still looking for a long-distance parent for this beautiful girl, or for a few more one-time donations to secure her a few months of stability, while I work hard on her situation.
I know that people got bored of seeing the “same type of photos” with children sitting on a chair, having their photo taken, but please see past the boredom; this is a child who depends on the kindness of other people to survive, and I am struggling and doing my very best each day so that we achieve the goal of keeping her (and others like her) alive.
Everyone looks absolutely radiant and full of joy today! Each photo captures such warmth, happiness, and genuine beauty—it’s truly heartwarming to see.
I’m holding back from sharing too many, so as not to overwhelm you, but I just had to let you know how wonderful everyone looks. May this day bring countless blessings, laughter, and precious memories to each of you!
I love Mondays. My energy is always very high and we work with good energy at HOCT (and also in my other daily activities). I’ve never had a Sunday blues, because on Sunday afternoons I usually prepare my work files and tables neatly and colorfully and I elaborate my weekly strategy, which already gives me a boost.
When we start working on Monday morning, our energy is high and we all know what to do.
Many children have come to receive their food today at HOCT, after we have brought the heavy shopping to the office. When I look at how thin my African colleagues are, I do wonder how can they lift such a heavy load. I once saw my colleague Mugoya carry 30 kg over his head. I mean… how? Yeah, alright 🙂
Some of you usually ask me why the children do not ever smile in photos. This idea was completely absent from this culture – smiling in photos, or taking photos, or sometimes… just smiling, because when life is so hard, it is difficult to smile. But lately, they started to smile, spontaneously; we do not force them in any way, as you well know. And when a child smiles with sincerity, we can all see it and their long-distance parents are overjoyed. Just last week I saw Odele Meddy smiling widely – and I think it was an absolute first for him.
I love loading photos at the end of my day, to show you all the fruit of people’s kindness. I am not posting this to my merit, but to the merit of all the good and wonderful people that offered a little something to feed a child, to do a good deed in this wounded world.
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