Saturday 8^th November 2014

The last couple of days seem to have been dominated by a donated consignment of goods for the Café which needs to be cleared through customs. The tangled web of bureaucracy is effectively hampering us at present. A visit to the airport at Entebbe this morning failed to secure release of the goods but hopefully on Monday the goods will be available to pick up.  All very frustrating as we had a vehicle which had brought us down to Kampala available here to pick the items up. However we did take the opportunity to visit a café in Entebbe called Anna’s Café which was a very useful comparison to make with what we hope will happen at the Esuubi Café in Mityana.

Ann and Simonpeter at the Esuubi Café site.

 

Visiting Ekiwomulu

One interesting discovery on Thursday related to a family of 3 sisters who thus far haven’t been sponsored. They are from Rwanda and have been in Uganda for the last 8 years. Their father was detained at the border into Uganda, imprisoned by the Rwandan authorities and subsequently died in prison. Their mother is living in Mbarara several hours journey away so life is very difficult for them. Probably because of the trauma of all that has happened to the family the 2 older girls in S1 and S2 have considerable behavioural problems while the youngest in P7 remains perhaps the best adjusted. Ann visited Ebenezer Secondary School to try to take details in order to prepare profiles for the girls but she found the youngest at the school preparing to take her sister to her mother’s because she was in such a distressed state. The recent history of the countries in this area of Africa with the Genocide in Rwanda, the activities of the LRA in Northern Uganda and the ongoing problems inb Democratic Republic of Congo continue to leave their mark on people’s lives.
 

Diana the youngest of the Rwandan sisters.