About TimeDesk Africa Add your own news to TimeDesk Africa - facebook- Clean drinking water & Solar / Naiade Virtual Bunabumali Tumblr (3.0; @bunabumalivt)http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/<a href="http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=906200533">Facebook | Foto's van Corazon Richardson</a>http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/246386919http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/246386919Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:50:41 +0100Facebook | Corazon Richardson: Cory on the road to Bunabumalihttp://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/246381444http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/246381444Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:45:07 +0100<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8156DQj41qz9564o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>I am currently in Kampala, the capital, with Casey Yerxa, director of <a href="http://www.kidsing.ca/"><b>Kidsing</b>,</a> 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.</p> <p>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. <br/><br/>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.</p> <p>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. <br/><br/>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>I set up <a><a href="http://www.hanginghugs.com">http://www.hanginghugs.com</a></a> 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.</p> <p>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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.</p> <p>Regular shipping costs will be applied for hammocks mailed outside of the province of New Brunswick. <br/><br/>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!<br/><br/>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.</p> <p>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?<br/><br/>Thank you for your interest and caring to read this.<br/><br/>Cory Richardson,<br/>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. <br/><br/><a><a href="http://www.hanginghugs.com">http://www.hanginghugs.com</a></a><br/><br/><a><a href="http://www.actionheronetwork.net/uganda.html">http://www.actionheronetwork.net/uganda.html</a></a></p>http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/246368901http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/246368901Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:31:00 +0100Facebook | Emmanuel Norman Nakhokho: CaseyYerxa, will be with us in Uganda to develop a cultural...http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/241912211http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/241912211Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:14:00 +0100<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksbiysKKad1qz9564o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fashion The Life We Want For Ourselves and Others!</p>http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/235990812http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/235990812Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:45:59 +0100<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krnmks4uNs1qz9564o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krnmks4uNs1qz9564o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krnmks4uNs1qz9564o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krnmks4uNs1qz9564o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krnmks4uNs1qz9564o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krnmks4uNs1qz9564o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krnmks4uNs1qz9564o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krnmks4uNs1qz9564o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krnmks4uNs1qz9564o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krnmks4uNs1qz9564o10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>children getting clothes</p>http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/235990496http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/235990496Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:45:30 +0100Dear friends As early told you all Joseph had broken his Leg l need your prayers and help so that l...http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/235990630http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/235990630Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:45:00 +0100<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kryat3j1yH1qz9564o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kryat3j1yH1qz9564o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Latest from Cory coming to bunabumali and he is staying for couple of months with Action Hero Team</p>http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/235990571http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/235990571Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:45:00 +0100Hey all… A lot of things with regard to organizing the event this Friday have not unfolded...http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/235990756http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/235990756Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:45:00 +0100Virtual Bunabumali: Norman is becoming more busy by the day and in order to keep track of...http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/235988765http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/235988765Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:42:24 +0100<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnu9u73co1qz9564o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/234356790http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/234356790Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:51:30 +0100Africa's urban farmers : The revival of traditional foods is just one benefit of a drive to...http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/232123300http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/232123300Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:19:13 +0100Uganda’s bamboo farmers turn over a new leaf : For the thousands of people who live scattered...http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/230882265http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/230882265Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:03:56 +0100AfriGadget » Blog Archive » A Wearable Flexible Solar Panel Vest: A Wearable Flexible Solar Panel...http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/228066279http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/228066279Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:01:59 +0100Lifeboat Farm » Solar Powered Shed: We really just wanted the ability to run lights and the...http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/227946560http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/227946560Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:15:57 +010060 per cent of NGOs in Bugisu region fake’: Over 60 per cent members of the Bugisu Civil Society...http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/226760265http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/226760265Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:24:34 +0100I realize the below doesn’t ask for anything…. it is more of a project summery…....http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/209994195http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/209994195Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:26:00 +0100Permaculture is an approach to designing human settlements and perennial agricultural systems that...http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/203246544http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/203246544Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:45:37 +0100 After 2 years preparation TimeDesk Africa is almost ready for launch . The business model is based...http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/199304402http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/199304402Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:07:00 +0100Ugandans in Diaspora demonstrate against President http://bit.ly/3wz0shttp://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/196477080http://bunabumalivt.tumblr.com/post/196477080Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:15:01 +0100