Thank you - Part IV

First of all, I want to wish a Happy New Year to all my readers! I hope that 2009 will become a prosperous and happy one for all of you.

I just want to keep you up to date on what is happening with your donations: some weeks ago, I transferred the last (and biggest) part of the donations to Enrisa in Uganda. If you still remember, he is this very engaged person taking care of the orphans and students in his village (please see the post from July 26 for some pictures and further information).

One of his projects at the moment is the construction of a primary school in the village so that the very young students don't have to walk to school each day for many kilometers. When we were visiting his village, the outer walls of the school building were already constructed but a wall separating the two rooms, furniture and all the rest were still missing. Thanks to your donations, Enrisa was able to furnish the school and buy uniforms for all 66 students! Thank you so much for your contribution. As soon as the next tourists pass by his village, he will ask them to take some pictures of the students and the school so that we can have a look at what is already accomplished.

Of course, there are many things that still need to be taken care of: school books need to be bought, the students need some basic school material on a regular basis (pencils, paper, etc.) and Enrisa has many other plans on how to improve the livelihood of the many orphans and other children in the village or on how to advise their parents on some income-generating activities.

I really wish to support Enrisa's important work in the long-run and it would be great if some of you would join me in that. Please let me know if you are willing to further support the primary school or donate directly to my private account (Anne-Marie Schumann, Account number 2542694, Deutsche Bank, BLZ 86070024, IBAN DE04860700240254269400, BIC/SWIFT-Code DEUTDEDBLEG) from where I will transfer the money via Western Union to Uganda.

Thank you very much and once again: Happy New Year!