A report from Moses Kamya, Director of Mustard Seed School:
“Thanks to help from UHST supporters from East Anglia and elsewhere we were able to buy uniforms for our scout troop and pay for them to attend the national scouts competition held between 8th and 14th August 2014.
Out of more than 40 patrols from over 50 districts of Uganda, our patrol comprising exclusively girls (called the Cranes) emerged in 2nd position. Our scouts are very grateful for the support from friends in the UK which enabled them to register such a brilliant achievement.
As a result they have been chosen to represent Uganda at the East African zonal scouts jamboree to be held between 27th Dec 2014 to 8th Jan 2015 in Kigali, Rwanda. The children are very happy with their achievement. It has made them more than confident that the Mustard Seed school in Busota has the potential to face a greater challenge from scout groups from other countries in the region: Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.
However, given our limited resources, these scouts will not be able to go to Rwanda without financial assistance from our supporters abroad. It wll cost 8,620,000 Uganda Shillings (£2,200) – to process immigration documents, transport, register, feed and maintain 13 scouts and 3 staff for the camp which lasts close to two weeks in Kigali.”
UHST can justify finding part of these costs from current reserves, but we will need to raise at least a half of the costs from new donations. If you would like to help us to send the scouts to the East African Jamboree then please send cheques to: UHST Scouts Appeal, 31, Greenmeadows Road, Madeley, Crewe, CW3 9EY, UK. Please add a note with your name, address and email so we can acknowledge your donation. If you are a UK tax payer it would be helpful if you would write to say you give us permission to reclaim gift aid on your donation.
Alternatively you can donate through the donation page of this website. Please add in the message space “Use for Mustard Seed Scouts“.
Help needed for Mustard Seed’s girl scouts to represent Uganda in East African Jamboree
Posted: September 13, 2014 by Steve Hurd
A report from Moses Kamya, Director of Mustard Seed School:
Out of more than 40 patrols from over 50 districts of Uganda, our patrol comprising exclusively girls (called the Cranes) emerged in 2nd position. Our scouts are very grateful for the support from friends in the UK which enabled them to register such a brilliant achievement.
As a result they have been chosen to represent Uganda at the East African zonal scouts jamboree to be held between 27th Dec 2014 to 8th Jan 2015 in Kigali, Rwanda. The children are very happy with their achievement. It has made them more than confident that the Mustard Seed school in Busota has the potential to face a greater challenge from scout groups from other countries in the region: Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.
However, given our limited resources, these scouts will not be able to go to Rwanda without financial assistance from our supporters abroad. It wll cost 8,620,000 Uganda Shillings (£2,200) – to process immigration documents, transport, register, feed and maintain 13 scouts and 3 staff for the camp which lasts close to two weeks in Kigali.”
UHST can justify finding part of these costs from current reserves, but we will need to raise at least a half of the costs from new donations. If you would like to help us to send the scouts to the East African Jamboree then please send cheques to: UHST Scouts Appeal, 31, Greenmeadows Road, Madeley, Crewe, CW3 9EY, UK. Please add a note with your name, address and email so we can acknowledge your donation. If you are a UK tax payer it would be helpful if you would write to say you give us permission to reclaim gift aid on your donation.
Alternatively you can donate through the donation page of this website. Please add in the message space “Use for Mustard Seed Scouts“.
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