This adorable picture contains more than meets the casual eye. The first trip I took to Uganda was with Fount of Mercy in the summer of 2007. Marie Yi and I taught a drawing class. When I went back to visit Sarah's class a few days later, she expanded on our drawing class by having the women spend time designing a new dress for the girls uniforms that they hoped to learn to make over the next year. The women spent about an hour sketching and coloring their ideas, and then came back together to look at each one, choosing the one that would be most practical for them to make. They chose one done by a woman named Florence.
We bought them some fabric to make these uniforms, and when we came back a year later, I was pleased to see that there were some uniforms scattered amongst the kids....i would say maybe 5-6 total. It was a great feeling to see them in flesh, after designing them the year before.
Well, when we arrived to MOHM's site this morning, there were kids in uniforms everywhere. Not everyone had one, but definitely a majority.....maybe 3/4 of the children! It was so exciting! I grouped some together for this shot. This is probably the biggest reward of coming back to Uganda year-after-year...getting to see the changes that happen as the women gain more skills and more confidence, and start making tangible improvements in their own lives and their communities. Thanks to you, our supporters, for making this work possible!
