2022.04.24 UPDATE:  The new photo shows recent work building the brick wall for the new house on the foundation laid last month.  Progress is continuing actively, thanks to over 50 donations made to date. Please consider what you can do to further this work. Your kind support will make a difference!!  See YouTube linked videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd1sYTso0iv3ix3csyaHFyQ

 

A Ugandan matron and her three adult children live near the northern end of Lake Victoria, currently inhabiting a worn, mud house with leaky roof and porous walls through which snakes easily enter and have occasionally bitten family members. The structural support poles have weakened in the seasonal storms, so the whole house is in danger of collapsing.

This was also the case with the outhouse toilet but, thanks to donations of around 1,380 USD, the local project organizer, Brian Ssenyonjo, arranged for procuring materials, such as 2 delivered loads of sand and 10,000 bricks, digging a 40 ft toilet hole, and erecting a 3-room building atop it, with bathroom and two toilets. Piped water is also now provided for home consumption.

 

 

Our next phase is to build a modest 5-room house for the family, to relieve their present distressed condition and bring them a more dignified standard of life.

Brian Ssenyonjo, the local organizer, is shown below; he is a graduate in History and Education from Makerere University, one of Africa's leading tertiary institutions in Kampala, Uganda.  He is a member of the Anglican-affiliated Church of Uganda, which has some 15 million members, or one-third of Uganda's population. Brian is a high school teacher of African and European history and religious history, following the distinguished example of his Grandfather, who was a Primary School Head.  Brian lives near Jinja City, by the northern shore of Lake Victoria, not far from the project site, to which he contributes his personal efforts. 


We therefore earnestly appeal to any kindhearted person, to please consider donating to this very worthy cause. This GoFundMe organizer, Thomas Bartlett, and his Ugandan friend, Brian Ssenyonjo, thank you warmly in advance, on behalf of the grateful family recipients!