Guesthouse at our partnership project in Uganda

Supporters of our partnership organisation in Holland have plans of building a guesthouse and training centre in the village that the school and orphanage are located. The intention is to bring jobs and income to the local area through the new venue.

Take a look at the link below if you are interested in finding out how you can support this new initiative:

http://bensguesthouse.tumblr.com/

African market tomorrow

Volunteer East is doing a stall at an African market in Dalston tomorrow.

The market is hosted by an African cafe/ restaurant/ bar and there will be stalls selling all kinds of products from Africa. Come along if you are free to take a look!

The market will be open 12-6pm. For directions, see link below.

http://openthegate.org.uk/welcome/?cat=13

Ugandan partnership receives help

In Uganda, the Licensing for Commons humanitarian help is directed towards small projects with big dreamsn, and which have it more difficult when looking for help than important NGOs. One of those projects needs urgent help: Good Samaritan Orphan & Needy School (GSON), also known as the “Bunabumali Orphanage Project“.

Answering to the request of its manager and Safe Creative’s friend Emmanuel Norman, and with the approval of MSF, from now on this project is the one which is is going to recieve the humanitarian contributions.

With Licensing for Commons the diffusion of creativity helps altruistic projects aimed at spreading culture freely (CC) or humanitarian actions (GSON)

http://en.safecreative.net/2011/03/14/licensing-for-commons-shows-its-support-to-the-good-samaritan-orphan-needy-school-project/

Guest House and Training Centre in Uganda

The latest development at our Ugandan partnership organisation is a new guest house and training centre. The idea behind it is to provide jobs for the locals and to generate an income for the locals, as well as to provide space and safe place to stay for all the volunteers.

For more information, see this link:

http://bensguesthouse.tumblr.com/workshops

Photos from Uganda

Here are the latest photos from our partnership organisation in Uganda:

https://picasaweb.google.com/nakhokhoe/Dorm?feat=email#