Meet our partners, students, parents and teachers who are most grateful. 

​Man of the day: Mordecai
Mordecai is in pre-k. He received his own goat and in his excitement, he immediately  started to walk it home. The goat is bigger than him, his house is not close but he is fearless and ready to go.

Below are some of the 20 students at Ben David Primary School in Apac, Kiwania, Uganda, who received goats to help pay school fees.

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Day 7: Buyanga Primary School Goat farm
The goat farm at Buyanga Primary School is ready for goats. The goat structure and fencing are finished.  Due to the lockdown in Uganda for the past 2 years, there are nearby schools that have closed and many more students are coming to Buyanga to learn. Eventually, the school will be selling milk, goat offspring, ghee and yogurt to help fund  the school farm which now feeds 1350 students and much needed capital improvements . 

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​Day 6: Tikkun Olam Primary school
​Tikkun Olam student in "baby class", or kindergarten, receiving a letter from her sponsor in the US. Part of our scholarship program.

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​Breakfast being cooked for students at Tikkun Olam Primary School, funded by GVC. 

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Hopes Uganda's kids

Students first learn to sew with a rice bag and then progress to m material

Jennifer, Buyanga cook

Day 4 and 5:
​Day 5: Hopes Uganda (Not to be confused with Hope Troupe)
Sam has taken in 65 children who are in difficult living situations, some homeless living in the rooms in this enclosed area and some come here after school. The children are now going to school because GVC provided uniforms and school supples for all 65 children. They were extremely welcoming. As they say here in Uganda, when you have nothing, what you have to give is music and dance. 


​Day 4: Hope Troupe
Esther, master tailor, came to discuss setting up the curriculum for the sewing training program. The group is so eager to learn, 12 people are sewing everyday with the 3 machines while we wait for the equipment.  Sewing machines and supplies are on their way. This will be a life changer for many of the group members. They will train for 9 months and months 6-9, they will learn to design their own creations! 

All scholarships greatly appreciated!

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​Day 3: Buyanga Primary School: Lunch
Meet Jennifer. She is the cook who feeds 1000 students at Buyanga School. Student's breakfast and lunch comes straight from the 11 acre farm, built 6 years ago. Many students come to school without eating anything. It's  hard to think on an empty stomach and now eating breakfast AND lunch just makes school a little easier. Jennifer also serves dinner for boarding students. She's amazing.

Donors making an impact. Thank you.

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​Day 2: Boreholes
​A sweet tune on a Sunday afternoon. Today we visited 5 of the 6 GVC boreholes in the Mpigi area. A huge thank you from the community members to the NADAULD family and all those who donated for funding these bore holes.

One 20 liter jerry can of water weighs 33 lbs. This incredible girl carried 2 all the way home. I’m not sure how far she had to go but many of the girls walk 2 kilometers each way to fetch water, often twice a day. No young girl here needs to go to a gym. 

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​Day 1
​​We’ve arrived! ​I’m smelling the beautiful Ugandan air! Check back tomorrow for an update on Day 2. Going to sleep. It been a long 30 hrs. Good night for now.

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What?
Please join me virtually on this Global Village Connect trip to Uganda. I'll be traveling with my friend Stacy, who happens to be a water engineer, (so great!) and we'll be stopping at many of our partner communities to meet the kids, students, teachers, farmers, headmasters and the goats, of course.  Each day we'll be heading somewhere new and we'll introduce you to a new community and a new part of Uganda. At Global Village Connect, our mission is to help provide every child the opportunity for an education and nutrition through our school farms, scholarships, micro-businesses such as Give a Goat and clean water projects. 

When?
Starting Sunday February 6, 2022

​Who?
We're working with four primary schools and several other communities helping children get an education and an economic opportunity. 
Here's some of the people you'll meet.

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​Meet Yaakov, head of Ben David School, Kwani, Apac
Ben David Primary School students will be receiving 20 goats to help pay for their school fees.

Meet Leah and her goat. Leah is a first grader from the L'far Rishon community who is attending Tikkun Olam Primary School. 

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Meet Susan, (in the middle) head of Hope Troupe sewing training program. You'll meet students and other members of Hope Troupe.

​Hopes Uganda
Meet some of the children from Hopes Uganda. GVC recently provided them with uniforms, backpacks and school supplies so they can go to school. The pandemic has taken a toll on many families and children. Hope Uganda children come from difficult living situations, many who have been living on the street. Sam Ngobi is making a home for these children and they've now started school for the first time in two years.

More to come....