Day 6 in Uganda.

Day 6 in Uganda. 

Today consisted of a true range of events. In the morning,Bianca, Courtney and I assisted Miss.Kirk on a visit to Ronald's office; several yards away from Bright future School. Ronald works closely with Bright Future and runs an organisation that aims to -and has been very successful in- providing sustainable development to the surrounding community. The local community consists of 9 tiny villages and despite the absence of funding that Ronald receives, he has performed a small miracle over the past 2 and a half years by supporting 40 of those families. He uses his own salary to maintain the organisation and is continuously looking for donations from other organisations that share his emotion. He does not just provide aid that would be ungratefully and immediately accepted, instead, he provides contacts and skills to boost self sufficiency; a much more sustainable plan that can help those families to help themselves. It is a wonderful example of how countries are able to develop and progress. Ronald then gave us a small tour of the surrounding 'villages' where many of the non-boarders at Bright Future school call their 'home'. Soon after, we came to the realisation that the children do not need to be in the depths of the slums to live in horrific conditions that make you question from an outside perspective whether life is worth living. In reply to that thought, I just want to share what I heard Ronald say today; ' Here, we lose no hope. If you lose hope you are dead. You are a dead man walking'. 

The day then continued by taking a back seat and allowing the sports leaders from Bright Future to take over and teach some sports games we had taught to them (only two days before! ). They were brilliant and ignoring some slight prompting , they conducted the class as if they had hundreds of times before. It was a proud moment seeing evidence that our work would be continued after leaving. Then finally, the afternoon consisted of a volleyball competition between Bright Future and Stoke park, although, I say competition lightly as we got well and truly 'smashed'. However, you could look at it in the sense that they are perfectly prepared for tomorrow's sports festival! 

Good luck Bright Future!