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HUG News
Suubi A Buzz With Activity.
Recently a team of 19 corporate volunteers visited our Suubi Complex, in Lubanda Village, Uganda. This came about after Laurence Webb, who established Helping Hand; a program that aims to re-use decommissioned PCs and laptops in a responsible and cost effective way, first provided Suubi with 8 laptops in 2009. Helping Hand has now donated over 8000 computers in 14 different countries. Each year Laurence takes a group of volunteers from large corporations, that have often donated IT equipment, to visit some of the projects that have benefited from this wonderful initiative. During this years trip, projects in Kenya, Uganda and Mali will all be visited by the group.
Much to the excitement of everyone in the village, the Helping Hand team planned to spend four days holding a variety of workshops across all age groups. So when they finally arrived on January 13th there were celebrations all round!
Children from OMODING PS welcomed Laurence's group with traditional singing and dancing.
Gifts from the local community, including chickens, bananas and sugarcane were presented to the visitors (L) before the Suubi Ladies and Children's music and dance group joined with the OMODING students to preform for them. (R)
After touring around the facilities at the centre and a good nights rest, the volunteer team set to work the next day holding workshops. These included film making for some of the teens in the village, a business plan workshop which focused on establishing a coffee growing business for a group of 24 youth in the area, nutrition workshop for the wider community, career guidance for students and help with marketing for the Suubi Craft ladies. And while all that was going on, the teams computer guru, Damien, was busy networking six new laptops into the Suubi Health Clinic!
Ssemwogerere David showed the team around the Suubi complex, including a locally made water tank that is in the process of being built (L) and the new banda which the volunteers donations had funded.
Mark conducted film making workshops for the youth (L) while Laurence, Yuri and Liz held business planning workshops. (R)
Suubi Craft Ladies were helped with marketing strategies (L) while Sally and Loretta gave career guidance to local students. (R)
Katherine held nutrition workshops for the wider community (L) and after a big day of working the 'Muzungus' (white folks) took on the Ugandans in a soccer match to unwind.
The following day the team visited OMODING Primary school, one of Suubi's partner schools, to check out their amazing school gardens. Although they have very basic structures and facilities, the school works incredibly hard to provide their students with an education that will lead them towards a better life. The team was so taken by the enthusiasm of everyone at the school that they returned a couple of days later to distribute books, pen and pencils which they had bought with them.
With follow up work shops completed, the team took a couple of days off to tour Queen Elizabeth National Park where they went on safari and cruised the Kizinga Channel. There was much excitement on the morning they were due to leave though; another new baby was delivered at the Suubi Clinic!
Laurence was introduced to the mother and new baby that timed their arrival perfectly!
After returning to Suubi a few days later, for a final farewell with the community, the team headed to Entebbe where they had a dinner an evaluation meeting with David. Everyone agreed that the trip had been a huge success, with many commenting that they wished they could have stayed longer!
A huge thank you to everyone who helped to organise and co-ordinate this wonderful visit to Suubi.
The team has now moved on to the project in Mali where we wish them well. We feel very sure they will stay in touch and follow, with great interest, the progress at Suubi.
What's been happening
Everyone was thrilled recently when a connection between Suubi Community Health Clinic and Kyabram Health services was formalised. Read more about it here. Throughout October and early November five Suubi youth undertook training in coffee grafting at one of the recognised coffee farms in Lwengo district. They have now returned to Suubi to teach other interested youth their new found skills. For more information and photos check it out here. Much of todays Hug Annual General Meeting was spent celebrating the successes of the past 12 months, including the addition of the Suubi Community Health Clinic to our complex in Lubanda Village, Uganda. You are sure to enjoy reading the Annual Report, which gives a fantastic over view of everything that has been achieved over the past 12 months. We are thrilled that all of our dedicated board members have agreed to continue on for a further term. As a board, we look forward to continuing to create an environment whereby both Ugandans and Australian can learn and grow with one another. (HUG - Help Us Grow) The 2nd annual Suubi Music, Dance and Drama Festival was held at Kyasonko Primary School last weekend. The theme for the day was 'Sanitation and Health in Schools'. All eight participating primary schools brilliantly passed on the message through five different performances; a poem, folk song, creative dance, traditional dance and short play. Check out the fabulous photos and all the results on the Suubi up date blog. As the day progressed a surprise was in store! Read more here. After a severe storm hit Lubanda village in mid September we are happy to let everyone know that people who were affected are now starting to get back on their feet. Read about the village community spirit and see photos of rebuilding here. We are thrilled to let everyone know that our recently constructed Suubi Community Health Clinic began treating patients on August 1st 2011. We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to everyone who has helped to make the clinic a reality. Read all about the very exciting first week at the clinic here. We are thrilled to advise that we have recently finalised the formation of a partnership between the Kyabram (Australia) and Masaka (Uganda) Rotary Clubs. Not only will this provide an excellent cultural link between the two clubs, it will also have an added benefit for anyone wishing to make a donation to HUG. The partnership has enabled us to have our Suubi project excepted to be part of Rotary Australia World Community Service Ltd (RAWCS). One of the huge benefits of this is that all donations made to HUG can now be tax deductible. January 8th, New Volunteers now at Suubi.
Suubi Complex, in Lubanda Village, has been I hive of activity over the last few weeks. Three longer term volunteers in Ian Mc Innes, Hannah Jansen and Rachel Walker arrived over the Christmas, New Year period and have settled in well. Spending between six weeks to six months at the centre, they will be turning their hand to a variety of activities, Read more about it here.
10/12/2011, Suubi Community Health Clinic Connects To Kyabram Health Services
6/12/2011, Suubi Youth Learn Coffee Grafting
13/11/2011, HUG Annual General Meeting
31/10/2011, Suubi Music, Dance and Drama Festival
29/10/2011, First Delivery at Suubi Clinic - Twins!
Suubi Centre was a buzz with excitement yesterday when a heavily pregnant lady, Nakawooya Immaculate, and her family arrived at the Suubi Clinic.
19/10/2011, Rebuilding After the Severe Storm in Lubanda.
7/8/2011, Suubi Clinic Treats First Patients
17/7/2011, Tax Deductible Donations
10/6/2011, Suubi Community Health Clinic Now Officially Registered To Operate
It was a very exciting day today when the Suubi Community Health Clinic received the Registration Certificate and Operational Licence which allows us to legally operate a health facility in Uganda. Having worked through the lengthy process involved, there were huge smiles when the certificate finally arrived at Suubi. Check them out here.
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