Featured Updates, Week of April 20 - 28, 2008

Week of April 8-14, 2008 Volunteer Updates

WHAT GOT DONE:

• Office floor got filled with dirt
• School stamp  for Hope Academy was made and bought in Kampala
• Padlocks were bought for the school doors
• Bridget bought staplers, printer paper, laminant, large binders, and other office supplies to “get URF organized” (as she says)
• Glass was put in the windows for the computer room and library (by Adrian)
• Window locks were put on the windows in the computer room and library
• Women’s group was held on Sunday to discuss Muslim Women’s Poultry project and Sexual Education
• Zones decided on having two locations, three zones per location
• Each location will have 200 chickens (400 total)
• URF will buy the chickens and the vaccinations for them
• URF will feed all chickens for 3 months
• The women must come up with the structure for the chickens
• Bridget has donated some funds for this project. The balance that is not spent on chickens, vaccines and food will go towards adding on to the structures the women have built
• Bridget made a Sexual Education Portfolio, which included topics about contraception, reproduction/menstration, STD’s, human biology. She also printed and laminated 25 visual pictures to go with the written material. These will be put in the library after the seminar for everyone to view (should they want to)
• After the seminar, three women came to Bridget and Fred with various problems (thinking she was a doctor, even though she said she was a Diagnostic Medical Radiographer). One is believed to have late stage Syphillis. Two others have strange rashes than need to be looked at by a medical professional. Bridget and Fred are taking the three women to the private clinic in Masaka on Wednesday. Bridget said she would pay for their transport and medical expenses
• The library section heads got printed and Laminated. They are ready to be mounted to the shelves in the library
• Bridget’s parents showed interest in buying our house and Kyetume village water tanks. She has emailed them the price lists for those tanks that are  1000L-5000L. We are waiting to see how much money they raise, then we will buy and distribute them.
• 25 more picture were taken for the student identity/progess portfolios (but have yet to be printed)
• Bridget donated items to two of our orphaned ASP students (Ziatun and Silver). Items include: Mattresses, Lights, paraffin, wooden shelf, clothes hanger, blankets, sheets, cooking pots, plates, a broom, a tarp/tent to secure over their leaking roof, two large woven floor mats, and washing basins. They will be delievered Monday April 14^th.  She will be taking the two shopping for clothes at the Thursday market
• The upper class hope academy email accounts got activated, and the email names were posted in our new Display/Information case at Hope Academy for students to reference. We are still showing the students how to use them.
• The upper class made the mud for the walls of their chicken project. This was a great time in the rain, getting our feet dirty stomping mud!
• The final two pigs have been bought and ordered for Kalisizo and Kalagala. They are to be picked up on Tuesday (15^th) and delievered to the zones
• Fred’s head is feeling much better after his accident last week

What got Done:

• The furnature for the library and computer room has arrived
• The display/information case has been nailed to the wall.
• The suggestion box ws nailed to the wall in the hallway for student suggestions
• All of the shelves in the library have been secured to the walls
• The tables and chairs were varnished and put into the computer room
• Bridget made an excel template to inventory all the library books
• Section headings were made for each library section (ie math, english etc)
• 1^st step of electrical wiring was completed in the bigger office
• The floors in the library and computer room were cleaned and washed
• Garbage from aroudn the school was collected
• 95 photgraphsd were taken by Bridget for the identity/progess portfolios
• Those pictures were then developed in kampala
• The outreach information was updated (from October to present) on the computer
• Visited 3 families for outreach
• Materials were bought for the office (cement, wood, nails)
• Half the office flooor was filled
• Drumming and dancing trainer started (was paid for for 3 months by Amy Crystalmann). He is coming on Fridays and Saturdays
•  Had soccer game against Kalagala- zero-zero tie
• Fred got a concussion when playng football and passed out and had to go to the hospital. He had to have a head bandage for 3 days, but is okay now
• Bridget visited the orphange and brought with her coloring supplies and books
• Senior class worked on structure for their Entrepreneuship class. Bridget couldn’t take watching them hammer with the end of an hoe, and sent Ben (with money) to buy a proper hammer from Kyetume
• Librarby books were bought in Kampala ( was epic)
• Fred misses Phil