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Cory on the road to Bunabumali

Hello all… I am back in Uganda for a couple months to develop arts, agriculture and cultural exchange projects in Bunabumali, a small mountain village with a high population of youth orphaned by AIDS and landslides. In 2008, I spent a week in Bunabumali to donate sewing machines and make hammocks for the needy. Since then we have sent money for them to continue making hammocks to give out freely and sell to support the orphanage run by the Nakhokho family. I am currently in Kampala, the capital, with Casey Yerxa, director of Kidsing, a singing, dancing and acting school based out of KV High school in Quispamsis, NB.  Norman Nakhokho is hosting us here at his home and we will be moving with him to Bunabumali tomorrow with fabric to make more hammocks, and a lots of fun and useful things for the orphanage. Casey is currently touring the city with Miracle, a friend she met online, who works for the TV station here in Kampala. Miracle may join us in Bunabumali to help film and edit the documentary we are creating collectively to help bridge the gap between youth in New Brunswick and youth in Uganda. We all have a lot to gain from this cultural exchange. Many children and adults here need help acquiring basic necessities which we can easily provide in the way of seeds, medicine, eye glasses, and fabric for hammocks and bug nets. Gerry, a cattle farmer in Cambridge Narrows, gave me his large collection of audio lectures on farming methods that I will pass on disc to an agriculture coop and others who are interested. The solution to many health and economic issues is not sending stuff, but knowledge to create healthy soil to produce healthy food, so they don’t get sick or need money to buy food. Through this process of learning how to create a sustainable village here in Bunabumali, we reflect on our own lives, our abundant resources, and think about what we can do to create a sustainable lifestyle in Canada. We are not going to get richer through material means, unless also through our appreciation and organization of resources. Our concept of what it means to be rich can change, which has to do with our connection to the land and sharing within our community. Personally, I find a lot of fulfillment through service and really enjoy working with people who have so much heart, courage, commitment— like Casey, Norman and Gerald, and the many others I am meeting here in Uganda. I welcome you to join us here in Uganda to experience this for yourself. The people are very friendly and we are safe in their care. Julius, the headmaster of the school in Bunabumali, met us her at Makerere University computer lab last night carrying a grocery bag full of tomatoes— a gift from Norman’s mother to welcome me. The generosity of these people is inspiring. Julius is not from Bunabumali, but he loves the land and the people so much he stays and keeps working, even though he is not getting paid.A big part of my role is to be a channel connecting you through photos and video to those working here on the ground for children living in desperate conditions. They are reaching out for help, and the best way I know how to raise funds to help them is by selling hammocks. I set up http://www.hanginghugs.com before leaving home to sell hammocks that will raise funds for the orphanage in addition to providing a free hammock for every hammock sold. So far, only one hammock has been sold. Tomorrow we will purchase four rolls of fabric and carry them to Bunabumali. Two rolls will make 26 hammocks we’ll give out freely, and Casey will carry 26 hammocks home with her to Saint John when she leaves Uganda December 9th. The price was set at $80 per hammock, as it is a fair price for this type of high quality fabric and rope(donated by sterling rope company of Maine). The fabric is made in the Congo and has a batik print showing hunters and trees— unmistakeably African. We are now lowering the price to $60 per hammock and creating a new Paypal button that is blank, so you can enter the amount you can afford. This will make a great Christmas gift for the two people who will be getting the hammocks, and the orphanage who will receive $1000 for the first 26 hammocks that are sold. Regular shipping costs will be applied for hammocks mailed outside of the province of New Brunswick. We truly need assistance right now as our time online is limited over the next month while we are working in the village. If you will pass this appeal on to your network of friends and family, and the media, it will be a big help!This project has the potential to make a huge positive impact in many lives, but it takes the participation of many to make it happen. I have sent press releases to the national media in Canada, but have received no response. Please do not be afraid to contact the media on our behalf and share your view of this project. Maybe that will be more meaningful?Thank you for your interest and caring to read this.Cory Richardson,on behalf of Casey Yerxa, Norman Nakhoko, and Gerald Tugume who are here with me now in the computer lab at Makerere University and have read this. http://www.hanginghugs.comhttp://www.actionheronetwork.net/uganda.html

Hello all… I am back in Uganda for a couple months to develop arts, agriculture and cultural exchange projects in Bunabumali, a small mountain village with a high population of youth orphaned by AIDS and landslides. 

In 2008, I spent a week in Bunabumali to donate sewing machines and make hammocks for the needy. Since then we have sent money for them to continue making hammocks to give out freely and sell to support the orphanage run by the Nakhokho family. 

I am currently in Kampala, the capital, with Casey Yerxa, director of Kidsing, a singing, dancing and acting school based out of KV High school in Quispamsis, NB.  Norman Nakhokho is hosting us here at his home and we will be moving with him to Bunabumali tomorrow with fabric to make more hammocks, and a lots of fun and useful things for the orphanage.

Casey is currently touring the city with Miracle, a friend she met online, who works for the TV station here in Kampala. Miracle may join us in Bunabumali to help film and edit the documentary we are creating collectively to help bridge the gap between youth in New Brunswick and youth in Uganda. 

We all have a lot to gain from this cultural exchange. Many children and adults here need help acquiring basic necessities which we can easily provide in the way of seeds, medicine, eye glasses, and fabric for hammocks and bug nets.

Gerry, a cattle farmer in Cambridge Narrows, gave me his large collection of audio lectures on farming methods that I will pass on disc to an agriculture coop and others who are interested. The solution to many health and economic issues is not sending stuff, but knowledge to create healthy soil to produce healthy food, so they don’t get sick or need money to buy food. 

Through this process of learning how to create a sustainable village here in Bunabumali, we reflect on our own lives, our abundant resources, and think about what we can do to create a sustainable lifestyle in Canada.

We are not going to get richer through material means, unless also through our appreciation and organization of resources. Our concept of what it means to be rich can change, which has to do with our connection to the land and sharing within our community.

Personally, I find a lot of fulfillment through service and really enjoy working with people who have so much heart, courage, commitment— like Casey, Norman and Gerald, and the many others I am meeting here in Uganda.

I welcome you to join us here in Uganda to experience this for yourself. The people are very friendly and we are safe in their care. Julius, the headmaster of the school in Bunabumali, met us her at Makerere University computer lab last night carrying a grocery bag full of tomatoes— a gift from Norman’s mother to welcome me.

The generosity of these people is inspiring. Julius is not from Bunabumali, but he loves the land and the people so much he stays and keeps working, even though he is not getting paid.

A big part of my role is to be a channel connecting you through photos and video to those working here on the ground for children living in desperate conditions. They are reaching out for help, and the best way I know how to raise funds to help them is by selling hammocks. 

I set up http://www.hanginghugs.com before leaving home to sell hammocks that will raise funds for the orphanage in addition to providing a free hammock for every hammock sold. So far, only one hammock has been sold.

Tomorrow we will purchase four rolls of fabric and carry them to Bunabumali. Two rolls will make 26 hammocks we’ll give out freely, and Casey will carry 26 hammocks home with her to Saint John when she leaves Uganda December 9th. 

The price was set at $80 per hammock, as it is a fair price for this type of high quality fabric and rope(donated by sterling rope company of Maine). The fabric is made in the Congo and has a batik print showing hunters and trees— unmistakeably African. 

We are now lowering the price to $60 per hammock and creating a new Paypal button that is blank, so you can enter the amount you can afford. This will make a great Christmas gift for the two people who will be getting the hammocks, and the orphanage who will receive $1000 for the first 26 hammocks that are sold.

Regular shipping costs will be applied for hammocks mailed outside of the province of New Brunswick. 

We truly need assistance right now as our time online is limited over the next month while we are working in the village. If you will pass this appeal on to your network of friends and family, and the media, it will be a big help!

This project has the potential to make a huge positive impact in many lives, but it takes the participation of many to make it happen. I have sent press releases to the national media in Canada, but have received no response.

Please do not be afraid to contact the media on our behalf and share your view of this project. Maybe that will be more meaningful?

Thank you for your interest and caring to read this.

Cory Richardson,
on behalf of Casey Yerxa, Norman Nakhoko, and Gerald Tugume who are here with me now in the computer lab at Makerere University and have read this. 

http://www.hanginghugs.com

http://www.actionheronetwork.net/uganda.html

Facebook | Emmanuel Norman Nakhokho

CaseyYerxa, will be with us in Uganda to develop a cultural exchange project between students in New Brunswick and youth at the Good Samaritan school in Bunabumali. Each Kidsing student has a photo of their penpal who will receiveve a book about what is important to them, and we will create videos interviewing all children, both Uganda and New Brunswick, asking what they could teach each other

Fashion The Life We Want For Ourselves and Others!

Fashion The Life We Want For Ourselves and Others!

children getting clothes

children in Art calling at your doors and windows

Dear friends As early told you all Joseph had broken his Leg l need your prayers and help so that l can pay the Bills of 550 dollars The children are doing well only as usual we need your constant prayers and support to make the children get happy days I calling upon friends to print these cards so that we can collect good gifts for Christmas for the children and as yu can send presents and gifts to children as usual

Am going to be with Cory and his team on starting 15thNov/2009 and more details later Jane is so pleased and am happy she is creating art from the pictures of bunabumali and friends you can print this cards and we make them sold to raise money for the children http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=818523624#/album.php?aid=120741&id=678671015&ref=mf

Your 1 Dollar or 1 pound makes the children of bunabumali smile and feed and get education Emmanuel Norman Nakhokho Good Samaritan Orphan & Needy school Bunabumali ,Buwali ,Bubiita ,Manjiya P O Box 36021 kampala Uganda Mobile:+256772465135 Home: +256753465135 http://bunabumali.org http://www.actionheronetwork.net/norman.html http://www.actionheronetwork.net/uganda.html Paypal Account : Bunabumali@live.com

Saturday, November 7, 2009

update on everything from Cory

Hey all… A lot of things with regard to organizing the event this Friday have not unfolded ideally, so the best option is to plan two simple events for next week in Saint John and Fredericton, where I give a presentation about the project and show all the clothes I have on hangers. We have to sell as many of the vintage clothes as we can.

All of them need to be out of my garage before I leave for Uganda. I have been making many clothes myself and will be taking photos of them to sell online also. This Friday competes with Halloween parties, which would be ok if we had a killer party to compete. I’m sure Tom Smith will be open to having the event there next week in Fredericton.

I have asked Gordon Johnson if we can have an event at Sebastian in Saint John, and he is working on it, so I hope to know soon. Most importantly is contacting the media, which I will do today to get things rolling. I didn’t want to contact them to talk about this event if it wasn’t going to turn out as we had in mind, so now the plan is to attract plus size ladies, and hipsters and anyone who would be interested in going to a talk about the project.

I had a meeting with RBC today about setting up a Stitch Uganda account, so we need to have a meeting about signing officers asap. Could we meet tonight or tomorrow night? Jayne Lomax already agreed be the other officer, but we need to have this in the minutes of a meeting to show the bank.

Adam McKim had me in the speak to a class at SJHS this morning, which went over very well, and they will be gathering funds to buy goats for Bunabumali this friday at a world food fair they are hosting and I will present at again.

Amanda Pottle had me speak to a couple dozen classes at Oromocto High last week, and they are also raising funds to buy goats. $59 was collected from pocket change that day. Today, I will compile the video from the school presentations and Kidsing classes to post on Youtube to show the other side of the project— how we are creating it, which will be helpful toward finding support. Any contacts you can talk to seeking support… please do. Send them to this page .that says what it is all about with colorful images and video, better than we can do with any email or flyer.

Please, just go for it. I have shared as much as I can as to what the vision is thus far. I am not good at telling you exactly what you can do. Just use your imagination.

We have non-profit status through Kidsing for straight donations, if you want to make some calls. Hanging Hugs are hammocks paid for upfront, knowing that one hammock will be giving to a needy person in Uganda, and they will get their hammock in January.

This could make a great Christmas gift. I think it is an easy concept to sell, but we need a lot of help to get the word out about it.

  • The money that comes in from these Hanging Hugs needs to be put in the new account, so it can be managed separate from my funds.
  • It needs to be clear that Hanging Hugs are a community social entrepreneurship project separate from the hammocks that I sew personally.
  • This is where we can really amplify our efforts.
  • All of you can own this project and take part as much or as little as you choose, and know exactly where the funds are going.
  • If you have not seen this film yet, sharing the message of Dr. Wayne Dyer, talking about finding meaning and fulfillment through service, check it out… it has many great teachings: Thanks for taking part in this process! -Cor
Saturday, November 7, 2009

Latest from Cory coming to bunabumali and he is staying for couple of months with Action Hero Team

Virtual Bunabumali

Norman is becoming more busy by the day and in order to keep track of outstanding issues we have opened Virtual Bunabumali on Evernote is our public on-line organiser so all our friends can follow our challenges and adventures and participate.

We also have an on-line office, but access is on invitation only meant for the diehard fans actively supporting Norman and Bunabumali.

Here’s where we coordinate actions, and keep track of progress.

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