Hi team, thank you to all those who were able to come to our first official team gathering at Malawi's Pizza on Saturday night (I know for some of you it was a long way and I really do appreciate you coming and taking the time). It was great fun and a great opportunity to start to build team unity and get to know each other. I am delighted that everyone is so excited to get immersed in the work in Uganda.
In this post I wanted to put some documents up that you might be interested in. The first is the 2010 country report (which is super long so prepare yourselves) to kind of you give you a feel of what has already been done and ideas for what can be done. The second is the project proposal outline. Talking with many of you yesterday and through e-mail you have great ideas on possible projects that we could work on while in Uganda. The formal structure for projects while we are in Uganda, is that first you fill out a project proposal, next you present your project before the team and it is then examined and voted on by the team. We do this to create the most effective projects possible. We also align our projects with other non-profits, NGO's and partners on the ground in Uganda. So as a project develops all these variables must be taken into consideration. If you have ideas I encourage you to study them and put together proposals at your earliest convenience. It will be more difficult, however not impossible, to access information on projects once we are in Uganda (due to the infrequency of internet access and glitches).
Also, while we were at Malawi's I had mentioned that I have been in contact with high school teacher that I know in Bountiful who teaches medical anatomy, and he has 100 extra children's hygiene kits that they need to donate. I told him that we may be able to help him and take them to Uganda. He said that his students would love for us to take them. I think it would be wise to take these and maybe do a class on the importance of hygiene along with handing them out (so as not to just arbitrarily give handouts, and seek sustainable development). So if anyone is interested in this as a project let me know and it could be something we could pursue.
I have also attached a little piece on some of the foods that are prevalent in Uganda and some of the cultural norms. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact Ari or myself.
Jesse
Country Report
Project Proposals
Foods
Some cultural differences
Another website I liked
Thanks for the links, Jesse. I couldn't access the country report, though; it says I don't have permission to access the item. Is there any other way I can get to it? It was great to meet everyone at Malawi's last night I think we'll be able to get some really great projects going!
ReplyDeleteJesse... I love that project idea and think that it would for sure be somthing very great to do. I love the idea of being able to actually hand out a kit rather than only handouts:) Thanks for the websites:) and i also not able to access the country report. thanks for your help:)
ReplyDeleteI think that sounds like a fantastic project! Thanks for all the websites :) I'm loving reading them..
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