Well, I’m off to Africa in a little under 3 weeks – to see my cousins in South Africa and then four weeks with my parents in Uganda.
As you know they have been there for just over 3 years doing aid work. Dad has set up a university – the Mountians Of The Moon University and mum is trying to set up an IV fluid production plant so that people who contract malaria can get the fluids they need to stay alive.
Pretty cool eh?!. Anyway, I’ve left it far too late to organise a fundraiser.. so this is my stab at it. At the bottom of this post is a donate button. Please donate if you feel the urge. YES it will go to me, and you’ll just have to trust (and I am trustworthy I promise!) that any monies donated will be brought out and given to my parents.
What they use the money for is a sort of slush-fund for helping the locals start mini businesses and any other things that come along. I quote from Dad..
We use the slush fund to give boosts to our projects if things are getting
difficult, though we try not to use it that way. We also use it for school fees for orphans,and have bought mosquito nets for a school. I am using some to help with training of staff to Masters and PhD level, for their fees and accommodationWe have used it to build houses and get land to give people security, helped people set up businesses and not importantly to get drugs and hospital treatment to cure people of malaria which would otherwise kill them, especially children.
Feel free to tell any family & friends who might want to donate too ;)
Thanks!
note! when you click the above link you will be taken through to a paypal screen.. you do *not* (I think) need to open an account – just put fat wadges of cash in the number box and click the continue button at the bottom…
Finally there are two documents here and here if you want to read more about what the uni is up to
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