News from Kibaale

Bram Moolenaar, treasurer of ICCF Holland, visited the Kibaale Children's Centre in October 2001. These are pictures taken on this trip.

The same house on the outside. The grandmother takes care of ten children. They have a good garden where they grow bananas and jackfruit. They have a few goats and chicken.

The house where Nabasagi Morine lives with three other children. This one has the traditional thatch roof (that leaks when it rains heavily). They are trying to save up money for a better house. That doesn't appear to progress well, it looks the same as with my previous visit.

Another busy day at the clinic. Patients are waiting to visit the nurse and then collect medicine or get an injection. There are over a hundred patients on a busy day.

The labaratory of the clinic, almost ready to be used. The man is the lab technician.

Pots of medicines, ready to count the pills and hand out to patients. A large part of the costs of the clinic goes into this.

Students use the books in the library. It is open from early morning until 9 PM.

Cephas shows a coffee tree. This provides an income when the coffee prices are good. Unfortunately, the coffee prices are very low this year. Cephas is one of the men who visit the children and find out if they need extra help.

From the hills around the project you can get an overview. The building in the middle that stands out from the rest is the new administration building for the primary school. To the right of it are the classrooms. In the background houses for the teachers. In the foreground on the left the vocational school, on the right (behind the trees) the big building with the clinic.

Eight a clock in the morning: The children line up to sing the national anthem and the school song. Late comers are running to join them.

Patrick and Ellen have worked for the center a long time now. Patrick oversees the building activities and does bookkeeping. Ellen is a teacher. They married three years ago and now have two beautiful daughters.

The Canadian volunteers currently working at KCC. Jackie, on the left, is the overal director. Stephanie and Rebecca work in the KCF office. Gwen takes care of the library and teacher resource center. Paul is the director of education.