Mourning into Joy on Mothering Sunday
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2y ago
It has been such a privilege being with groups of mothers while I've been away. In Tanzania now, it has been wonderful to catch up with the group of mamas I know best! I will tell you more about the Upendo wa Mama group (with albinism or children who have albinism) and what they have been up to soon! But now I want to tell you a bit about the amazing group of mamas I met for the first time this week on Kome Island ... The Jikomboe Women of Nyamkolechiwa The Jikomboe Women Beekeepers group is made up of over twenty women from the village of Nyamkolechiwa on Kome Island. Some of the m ..read more
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Wild Rat is actually very tasty!
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2y ago
One of my weekly activities in Bath now is heading up the wonderful kitchen team of cooks to prepare a mid-week community meal at our church. I think of them all on Wednesday's when I know they will be preparing and then serving the meal ... and think of the amazing oven and commerical dishwasher in the purpose-built kitchen! But I just love how the people here are even more hospitable with the limited equipment, ingredients and space they have! We have so enjoyed such amazing hospitality wherever we have gone. A warm welcome with food and so much singing and dancing! It was such a delight to ..read more
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Hot at the Hives
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2y ago
I am still blogging behind! But I have to go back and tell you about the beekeeping we did in Olano village, about an hour outside Gulu (no elephants here!). Amigos started this beekeeping group a number of years ago and we were delighted to visit and see how they were getting on! The women were as thrilled to see me beekeeping as I was to see them doing it (women beekeepers are in the minority here!!) We arrived in the heat of the day ... so had a meeting under the shade of a tree and then once again enjoyed some wonderful hospitality in the slight coolness of the grass-covered mud hut. But s ..read more
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Elephants and Bees
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2y ago
Can you spot elephants in the background? No, neither did we! But the bush you see in the background is in the Murchison Falls gamepark, and the big problem for Kigaragara village farmers is that the elephants come from that bush and destroy livelihoods as they eat and trample the crops from entire fields. Food for the year is wiped out in one night. This village community group have asked us to help them learn how to become beekeepers and have shown brilliant initiative to get this project started! The plan will be to establish a "bee-fence" (hives hanging on a wire that stretches across ..read more
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Uganda: Village to Village
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2y ago
We have had an amazing week in Uganda! But my great plan to post all about it on the blog has not been so successful; we have had limited access to internet and without VPN's, no access to Facebook in Uganda. But we have been making the most of every opportunity which was far more important. I am now off to Tanzania and with a brief moment of power and internet access, I wanted to post a brief hello! I am on my way to Mwanza, leaving Tim who will stay in Uganda for another week.  We have seen so many wonderful people visiting community groups in villages around Masindi and Gulu, and heard ..read more
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A Warm Welcome to Kira Farm
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2y ago
 Despite my “best efforts” to update the blog, I have instantly been reminded that it is not always so simple! Oh yes … power cuts and no internet! We arrived at Kira Farm in the early hours of Tuesday morning and after a few hours sleep were roused by the drums and enthusiastic singing from the students and jumped quickly out of bed for 8am devotions! What a great group of fifty young people, mostly from communities in northern Uganda. They are here for a year of training in conservation farming, business and vocation skills and holistic life skills. The aim is that they return to their ..read more
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On African Soil Again
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2y ago
Tim and I are on African soil again! And so I am temporarily reviving the blog to keep in touch with you all on what’s cookin’ not just in Tanzania… but also in Uganda! I feel I owe you all some kind of epic catch-up! Since returning to the UK after living in Tanzania and blogging regularly, it has been a strange matter of starting a new life. Lockdowns and also not being able to get back to Canada didn’t help matters… and this has all meant there are so many friends and family that we just haven’t caught up with yet. We had hoped to send out a Christmas newsletter... and somehow didn’t ge ..read more
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Top Bar Buzz! Thank you!
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3y ago
We are so very thrilled to have topped our fundraising target of £2000 to Help The Hive! Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed and shared and helped! Top Bar Results! We are incredibly excited that Aikande will be funded to continue to working with the Upendo wa Mama group at The Hive. She has also just joined the Emmanuel International Mwanza team, working part time for office administration which is really wonderful! We are excited to be able to support Bhatendi and her amazing work training and supporting beekeepers in rural villages, linking these community groups to The Hive ..read more
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Looking Forward with Confidence: The First Female President of Tanzania
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3y ago
This week Tanzania mourns the death of President Magafuli. He died on Wednesday at the age of 61 after serving as President for the past five years. And on Friday, Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as the new President, making history as the country's first female president!  This mother of four has spoken publicly to encourage Tanzanian women and girls to pursue their dreams. Affectionately known as Mama Samia, she told the country this week "it is time to bury our differences and show love to one another and look forward with confidence."  New President Samia Suluhu Hassan ..read more
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Inspirational Woman: Claire Elsdon
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3y ago
(by Amisadai) We have another very inspirational woman to share with you today!  We were near neighbours with Claire when we lived in Tanzania, but I was actually first inspired by her when she came to speak at an Isamilo School Assembly in Mwanza about 4 years ago. It was an assembly I will never forget. Not only did she have a leather jacket and ride a motorbike, but she passionately strived to encourage and empower people through what she did … overcoming many challenges along the way!   Women on motorcycles is not a common sight in Tanzania. Even women riding bicycles has been p ..read more
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