The women of Idoome were so wonderful to us last week and each day as we left would bring out gifts to thank us for our day of teaching. The first day, pictured above, consisted of a Jack fruit, a bag of maize, and a bag of greens. We were so pleased and touched to receive these!
This picture is of some of the gifts we gave them on the last day, again, thanks to your generous support of Sewing Hope. Among other things, we gave 20 pairs of Fiskar scissors, 20 clear plastic rulers, and 30+ 6 yard peices of fabric. We are also having a proper cutting table built for them, sending their teacher to additional vocational classes, and supplying a salary for their assistant teacher, Rose.
So, it was really very amazing for us to receive their gifts on the final day of our classes. Pictured above, you see a huge papaya, a whole branch of Matoke bananas (one of the staple foods here), some more maize and eggs, and yes, that's right, you see clearly....a live chicken!!!! Judy accepted it gratefully, did a little dance with it and then they promptly stuffed it in the trunk for the ride home. ha!
Wow! It's so exciting to see such tangible results for your efforts and everyone that's supported your work. I'm so excited for you!
ReplyDeletecool- that is how I usually get my chicken home too! haha
ReplyDeleteYou all look amazing! It's so touching to read all of these fabulous entries and see what's happening. Those gifts completely rock too!!
ReplyDeleteLove you SO MUCH Ms. T!
This looks like an amazing work you are doing! I tried to reach you via email with a question about your studio space in NY--sorry to interrupt your time in Uganda but I was hoping to hear back. Incidentally, I know some people in Uganda right now who I have forwarded your blog to! Emily
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