Today's notes from my girls...
Today we had lunch at the Otino-Waa Cafe with two Lira government officials. (Otino-Waa is the orphanage Calo Me Lare is modeled after that I mentioned in an earlier post.)
Project Hope Worldwide wants to establish early a friendly relationship with the government so that they can see we are trying to help promote positive change in their community. We also want to have their complete backing in the decisions we make. We discussed with the leaders what our goals were with the orphanage and how we were modeling Calo Me Lare off of the successfully run Otino-Waa Orphanage.
We then drove out to see Calo Me Lare and the progress we have made so far. They were actually really excited about our project and apparently they've even posted information about it on their government website.
They reminded us of the importance of teaching the children skills that will help them as they grow older and when they go back out to their villages. They also gave us advice on purchasing more land, what to plant on our land, and where to plant particular types of vegetation.
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| Photo by Helmut Schleppi |
All in all, it was a great and encouraging meeting.
Video by Helmut Schleppi
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