by Laura | Sep 9, 2006 | Blog |
AWF Board Member Angela Martens with villagers from Mushasha in Ntungamo, Uganda and the hand pump well that Africare installed with funds from AWF. This is our last day in Ntungamo and already my heart is aching to return. The Africare staff here have become our...
by Laura | Sep 6, 2006 | Blog
Today was another full day. We started the day off by visiting the Kamgamba medical centre that has benefited from a water collection tank, funded by AWF. Rain water is collected and stored in a 1000L tank. The water can be accessed as needed from a tap at the base of...
by Laura | Sep 5, 2006 | Blog
Mbarara, Uganda Yesterday we met with Africare’s Country Representative in Uganda, Anthony Ngosi and then drove south 4 hours to Mbarara. Then this morning we met with Paul, Francis, Dennis, Gad-Sam and the rest of the staff from the field Africare field office in...
by Laura | Sep 3, 2006 | Blog
I’ve read about this place, I’ve watched the programs on TV, I’ve seen the statistics on the poverty but there is nothing, nothing that can prepare you for the sights & sounds & smells,the mud & tin shacks, the masses & masses of...
by Laura | Sep 1, 2006 | Blog
Sitting in Heathrow waiting for our flight to Addis Ababa which will then take us onto Uganda, and we’ve met up with Angela in the chaos that is Heathrow Airport at the moment. As the board members of AWF are spread out across North America, we don’t get...
by Laura | Aug 24, 2006 | Blog
Hello, I’m Rob Trigalet from the African Well Fund and welcome to our first blog here at AWF.. Well, we’re going to Africa. After many emails and phone calls to Kampala, Washington D.C. (Africare’s main office) and back again and some great phone...
