Thursday, April 29, 2010

April Update

Fundraisers


Gabe in Maui donated a sailboat for a dinner cruise to The Peace for Paul Foundation! Gabe and Lisa worked together to make the event a success and raised $2,200! Thank you!


Thank you Gabe!





Thank you Lisa and Yarek McIntosh!

Kids helping kids! So cool!

Lisa  organized and held her Second Annual Online Peace for Paul Auction! This year there were over 35 packages to choose from! With the help of her very generous friends and family she raised (DRUM ROLL PLEASE!) $11,000!!! Thank you Lisa! You never cease to amaze us!

An anonymous source donated $2,500 to The Peace for Paul Foundation! Thank you Mr. or Mrs. Anonymous for believing in and supporting our cause!

This leads us to our VERY BIG NEWS:

We made our final land payment and The Peace for Paul Foundation now owns 3 acres of land on The Nile River!!!!!

The Kids are Home!

The kids are all on break and back at The Peace for Paul Home!

The little girls packing up!

Can you see the excitement in Friday's face?

Everyone is packed up and ready to go!

Bus ride home :)

Dinner is served!

Welcome home kids!

Birthdays!

Happy Birthday to...

  • Friday, age 10
  • Bosco, age 11
  • Hathukwayi, age 8
  • Lodum, age 6
  • Logel, age 12
There was a big celebration at The Peace for Paul Home for everyone who had birthdays from January 1st to April 30th, birthday cake and all!







The Small Business Loan Program

Mary and Abra sold their first batch of chickens! They made a small profit and are learning how to successfully run a small business and manage money. The bulk of the profit will be reinvested for the next round of chickens. We are very proud of Mary and Abra's hard work!

Here is what Dr. Mufumba had to say about the project:

"We have managed to raise 1,075,500 shillings. We sold 239 chicken at a low rate of 4500 per chicken, whole sale price. There was a total of 254 chicks, but 15 were registered dead because of the bad weather during the first 3 weeks, so we lost 67,500 shillings. I myself bought 13 broilers as I have a function for my staff and students just a week away. I offered one of the broilers that I bought to the women, one to Mze Sizomu (the man who we bought the land from) and one to Margaret.
We had also hoped to sell at a minimum of 5,000 shillings per broiler, but traders demanded for a reduction to 4,500, hence missing 119,500. Never the less, we are determined to reinvest 1,000,000 shillings to purchase 300 broilers and feed plus vaccines and medicine. We hope to get a minimum of 200,000 net profit, less of other expenses."
Thank you Dr. Mufumba for all of your time and assistance!


New Sponsor Opportunity

Paul needs a new sponsor! If you are interested in sponsoring him or know someone who would be please contact us. Thank you!

Other News
  • Loputh is recovering from his ear surgery back at home with the Peace for Paul family.
  • Daniela has donated her services as a graphic designer. She is in the process of creating new brochures, fliers, and business cards for The Peace for Paul Foundation. We really appreciate your help and talent, Daniela! Thank you!
  • The new and improved Peace for Paul Foundation website is coming along nicely and we can't wait to show it to all of you!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

March Update

Loputh's Surgery


Loputh is one very lucky child. He was found in the slums of Masese last August with a very serious ear infection and it was because of this ear infection that we took him in immediately. Lisa and her family came to the rescue right away and stood up to be his sponsor. Since then, Doctor Mufmba has tried treating him with antibiotics, ear drops and careful monitoring, but all to no avail. He has been seen by specialists in the big city of Kampala and this month, it was determined that he should go in for surgery. If left untreated any longer, the concerns were brain abscess, meningitis, deafness, septicemia and facial paralysis. It was decided that emergency tympanomasteidectomy was to be performed on March 30th. Loputh came out of surgery just fine and we are now awaiting recovery of his left ear before the same surgery will be performed on his right. Thanks to Doctor Mufumba and Lisa this very young child will live a normal and happy life.










Our Kids

The kids are enjoying their last few weeks at school before coming home for the long holiday to be with Prima and with each other. As always, they are all happy and full of life and of course send their love to all of their sponsors. Everyone has written letters to their sponsor and those will be in the mail to you shortly.


Women's Sustainable Business Project

The chickens are now almost 6 weeks old and just about ready for sale. The women are learning more every day and starting to take more initiative to run their business. Doctor Mufumba and Margaret have been working hard to teach these women a new way of life and how to be responsible and to work hard. Once the chickens hit the market, there will be a profit for the women to split and to reinvest in the business and also some left over to help sustain themselves. The hope is that the business will continue to grow and to become more successful with each cycle.



Logel Joins his Siblings and the Peace for Paul Family!

This month we welcomed yet another child into the Peace for Paul family. Logel Michael has joined us and is happy to be reunited with his brothers Loputh and Bosco and his sister Natule. Just like Bosco, this young man aspires to be a doctor.


Fundraising for the Final Land Payment

The final land payment is due at the end of April and we have been working hard to raise the $17,000 needed to make Peace for Paul the full owner of a beautiful 3 acre plot on the Nile River. This land will be the site of our future self sustainable foster home and the place that our children will call home.