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 | 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 | Apr 28, 2013 | Thoughts | Reflections
I was just listening to a clip from Adolfo Nicolas- a Jesuit Priest. He was talking about the value of Africa to the rest of the world. What caught my eye in particular was something he said about how Asian culture is fixated on method and process – the way, if...
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...
