Here is the latest podcast be Kate Lovelady, leader of St Louis Ethical Society, which has raised substantial funds to support the Humanist Schools in Uganda.

The podcast of Kate’s annual appeal of 2017 to support the Uganda Schools is at <https://ethicalstl.org/category/podcast/>, specifically on December 3, entitled:

What wonders we can achieve together

Much of the material for the address is taken on the UHST website, and this year several photos from the UHST website were included. The address is always given on the first Sunday of December and is followed by our “First Sunday Lunch” which in this case is a “typical Uganda school lunch,” created from recipes we’ve found online. Fee for the lunch is “donation only,” and those donations together with commitments from several members to support a partial or entire scholarship on their own constitute our fundraising effort for the year

The latest Annual Report by Moses Kamya, the Mustard Seed School’s Director, outlines substantial progress during 2017.

At last the school’s long-standing water shortage is within sight of relief following the completion of a new high pressure water pipe from a new pumping station on the River Nile. By providing additional unplanned money three-quarters of a kilometer of the underground pipe is being moved out of the way of a new road construction project. It is hoped that the water authority will begin pumping water by the start of the new school year in February.

The completion of a new 4-classroom block will also allow the school to halve class sizes by running two parallel classes in each year. The full report can be downloaded from the blog on the UHST website: https://uhst.org/2017/12/positive-report-from-mustard-seed-school-director/.

To UHST Supporters

I have signed UHST up for the Give as you Live program. Once registered individuals can link to thousands of shopping sites, including the likes of Amazon, John Lewis and the supermarkets, and a proportion (0.5 to 1%) of what you spend is paid by the shop to UHST.

If a significant number of our supporters sign up it could boost our income by several thousands a year (new people can also donate directly through the system).

If you would like to sign up this is how:

1. Go to our website: https://uhst.org/give-as-you-live/ and click the link to register for Give as you Live.
2. Give as you Live send you an email with access to an ipad app or a browser link to enable you to go the the Give as you Live portal to choose where you want to shop.
3. Remembering to get to your chosen shop via the Give as you Live link is the challenge when you have been used to going straight there. But most of the online shops commonly used are available through the Give as you Live link.
4. You will receive regular emails saying how much you have raised for UHST and saying how you can raise more money for us, but you don’t have to read them all.

Fruitful shopping!?

Steve