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.
