by Megan_B | Sep 13, 2017 | Events, Fundraising, Project Sponsorship, Teams | Travel
“This day is the reason that I’m here, on this team.” In the deep villages of Masaka District, you can find the beauty of the Ugandan landscape as you peer across lush green valleys and traverse narrow dirt paths that serve as roads. Only 25...
by Megan_B | Sep 13, 2016 | Teams | Travel
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR UWP TEAM #22! TENTATIVE DATES: February 5-18, 2017 COST: $3,500 – includes airfare, visa, housing, meals, in-country transportation, travel insurance, and project programs. APPLICATION DEADLINE:October 3, 2016 WHY GO? Life-change...
by Megan_B | Oct 8, 2013 | Teams | Travel, Thoughts | Reflections
Eternal Memory (That we might never forget) My pretentiously sheltered experience is unable to escape the wrenching reality transposed before me through the medium of their iron-clad hearts, the bitter human precipitation that has engraved its memory upon their flesh,...
by Megan_B | Aug 28, 2013 | Events, Tanks | Locations, Teams | Travel, Thoughts | Reflections
Why go? Sixteen pairs of feet connected with Ugandan dirt on July 30th, 2013, anticipating experiences as part of Ugandan Water Project’s Team #16, unaware of just how deep that dirt would sink. No hammers, no shovels; just 5 senses and eager hearts. One of the...
by James Harrington | May 30, 2013 | Teams | Travel, Thoughts | Reflections
It happens every time we take teams to Uganda. Two days are spent in an unusual neighborhood of heaven called Kivulu (pronounced chee-voo-loo). Here in this ramshackle community a group of young men- Uncles, who once lived on these streets now sacrifice all they have...
by James Harrington | May 14, 2012 | Tanks | Locations, Teams | Travel
The steady putter of the old diesel motor purred in the background as Ugandan Water Project Team #11 rode in silence through the fresh morning air of Uganda. We had been in country about a week so the sights blurring past our windows were not shockingly new like they...
