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THE BATWA PROJECT IS PROGRESSING PERFECTLY!! |
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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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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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Back
with the Batwa, and after visiting the initial project I can report
that it has been a resounding success - but it's time to replicate and
expand it to four more communities!
We
have 300 more Batwa that still need help, and plan to first address the
immediate need of nutrition. Starting with more chickens (the eggs
provide protein for the children),
goats for milk, beehives (including bees), and seeds for additional
gardens on their
small plots of land, they should be self-sustaining in the next few
months!
We also plan to reintroduce cultural items such as additional thumb
pianos, dresses
for the women, and school supplies.
Follow along in the coming days as I post success stories from last
year, introduce you to the communities that are still in dire need, and
then join us for a community celebration - where you'll see the entire
group of people that have benefitted from your generosity!
Thank you so much for continued support, now buy these Batwa a goat!
Barton
- 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
and
if there is
extra, well, we'll plant bigger gardens!
Feel free to add a few together if you'd like to ;-)"
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Time to put this wreck nonsense behind me and get back to work for the Batwa
Spent a few days
with the nurses who took care of me after my detour - it was a much
happier visit this time
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Just to let all of you know - nearly two weeks ago Barton was coming down a mountain in Uganda on his motorcycle when he was in a head on collision with a landrover. He was left by the side of the road with a broken femur that had pierced through the back of his thigh, a gash that cut through his shin muscle, all bones broken in his left arm, a broken right shoulder, a destroyed left knee, and head injuries. After being unconscious for who knows how long, he was loaded into the back of a Toyota Corolla by a good samaritan and driven for over two hours to a clinic on a bumpy dirt road. Four hospitals later, with three surgeries down and a bunch more to go, he is alive... It looks as is there will be no permanent damage, but it's going to be a long road ahead. We're working on getting him home, but he wanted me to convey to you all that the project for the Batwa will be going on as planned, and that he has given your donations to Anthony and others in Kabale to complete the work. He'll provide an update here with more details as soon as he is able, and wanted to thank you for your thoughts, prayers, and well wishes. Sincerely, Sandra Campos |
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Guerrilla Aid is a style of volunteerism - simply go somewhere and do something,
while teaching others to do the same.
