Tomorrow morning my wife, daughter and I are leaving for a two week trip to Uganda. Last year we went through Nairobi, Kenya and then travelled overland, but this year because of all the trouble in Kenya we are landing in Kampala.
First few days we are visiting an orphanage in Western Uganda and then travelling overland to Tororo in Eastern Uganda where we will stay for the next 10 days. We are going back to the same village we helped last year.
If you are inclined to follow our trip online here is a link It may take a few days before anything is posted as internet connections are fairly scetchy.

Last years trip is on my link below.

Mark

Be safe!

+1. Travel safely Mark & co. May you always have God with you as a traveling partner.

Wowser!!!

Your daughter is going to have a very well rounded development of the world we live in.

Can't wait to see the photos.

Thanks for taking the time and effort.

Wishes for a safe and enjoyable trip to you and your family & friends.

Stay safe! Enjoy your travels!

Have a good time.

What a nice cause.

That's great, Mark! I've always wanted to do something like that but have never mustered the cajones to make the leap. I'll be checking your link. Have a great trip.

Your hands-on commitment and ACTIONS make all your words the more valuable. Thanks for the link and the updates. We'll follow with interest and admiration.

Ad one to that

A few pics from my recent excursion. I feel like I left part of my heart back there, so I am planning on returning in November.















Our orphan we sponser and now she goes to boarding school.


A young boy who was sick, so we took him to our medical clinic for medicine.

Women feed the family, grow the crops, raise the family and eat last after the husband and children.







Check out the scaffolding


No butts about it, I am old






A local fishing village

those are great shots Mark, the girl that you sponser looks like she is happy and healthy, doing well. Good for you also to take the boy in to the clinic!!!

must have been really cool to be there!!

thanks for sharing

Awesome photos, what a memorable trip.

Awesome pictures!

(Except for those last few with the marabou storks... Those things freak me the frick out, all creepy and they'll eat whatever they can, live or dead, including people... barf)

A few more.



Let me adjust my gear for the photo.


That's better.


I got room for more




A little cutie


The dorm where our orphan lives. The private school is on the same site


No more mattres on the floor. We purchased triple bunks for the kids.

Mark

Amazing photos.

OK, now they freak me out.

Thanks for the pics mark.

I raise my glass to you Sir, good work Mark.

And thanks for sharing the experience with us.

Where did you sleep? Tents?

Mark, Great shots. They rival Troop's pic's! Great of you to have participated in such a great cause. Hat's off!

So how many of those children did you want to take home with you?

We slept in a hotel. Last year some of us slept in a mud hut.



My wife and I wish we could have brought back a few. That is one reason I am going back this November for 5 days, to check on our orphan and other projects we started.

Mark

I wanted to share with you all one particular day on my trip.
We went to a site called Smile Africa Ministries that help the poorest of the poor in Uganda. The children come form all around and are despised by everyone else. Some are naked and most wear rags. A lot are orphans, but they are all street kids. Smile Africa feed over 400 kids everyday and on this particular day we helped serve the food.









My daughter sitting with the kids.






One thing all the kids want is to go to school and be educated.




Feeding them Poorsha (kasava root) beans and gravy


If any of you would like to sponsor a child for $26 per month and where 100% of the money goes to the orphan program and not one penny is taken out for "administration costs", drop me a note and I will send you the link.

Mark

You can also give us your paypal account address so we can make a donation?

Mark, your photo's are Trooptastic!

Mark,

You and your family are truly an inspiration to the rest of us. With all the genocide and tribal conflict it would be easy to walk away and say "Not my problem". Perhaps one of those you have helped becomes the great leader and statesman that that part of the world desperately needs.