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2010

THE BATWA PROJECT IS PROGRESSING PERFECTLY!!

Journal/Uganda

Author: Barton Brooks

I just wanted to give an update regarding the Batwa!

I’m delighted to tell you that we have goats on the ground providing milk for our families, that the empty chicken coop has been filled, we have dresses, beehives, school supplies, seeds, huts built, and the biggest news of all - we purchased that land for community four!

Our partners on the ground have sent a few pictures, but they’re currently in the process of resettling community four, building their pit latrine, and planting the gardens.

Upon completion of our current efforts, we’ll begin the final phase – and will have accomplished every goal we’ve set for each community we’re working in – thanks to you!

We will give a full run-down of the accomplishments for the Batwa as soon as they’re completed in the next few weeks – adding pictures of the women in their new dresses, the cultural items, goats, beehives, our new land, chickens, and everything else we’ve been working on.

Thank you from all of us here at Guerrilla Aid - and especially from the Batwa –you completely changed nearly 1,000 lives this past month.

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Dec

2009

Home for the Holidays...

Journal/USA

Author: Barton Brooks

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Dec

2009

Back where I belong!

Journal/Uganda

Author: Barton Brooks

It's amazing here in the Batwa community I started working with last year, especially seeing how far they have come with your generous contributions since we started the project.

These beautiful people have prayed for my recovery since the day of the crash - a fact that continues to bring me to my knees in gratitude for them. We had a beautiful celebration, a few tearful reunions, and visited the project successes (chickens, bees, gardens, etc.), but the hugs from my Batwa "mamas" were the real reason I came back.

After seeing the look of gratitude on their faces when I returned, I knew that we had made a difference for this amazing group of people.

Thank you, thank you, thank you - we have already changed the lives of three communities - but now I want to help more...

We have identified four more Batwa settlements that need our help. We are still looking for a bit more of everything on our list, as well as donations toward land for community four. They are in a really badsituation - no latrine, with each family having only an 8x8 garden plotto survive on. We have made inquiries regarding an acre of land rightnext to them that we could buy for $4500. Here they could build a latrine, have gardens, and have enough space to graze goats for milk. We also have an empty chicken coop about 50 yards away that we can fill with chickens - providing everything this entire community needs for long-term sustainability.

Please help if you can.

One acre of land - $4,500
Chicken coops (lumber, chicken wire, tin roofing, and all tools) $215 each.
One chicken is $10.00
Chicken feed for one month - $35.00
A GOAT! $50.00
A new dress purchased at a shop in town is $15.00
A thumb piano is $15
Material for one beehive is $25.00 (including bees is $45)
Chalkboard for the school $150.00
Wood for a school bench is $30.00
A milk cow is $285.00
Seeds for a garden- any amount towards "seeds" would be great

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