My feet have hardly hit U.S. soil and I’m longing to return to Bwindi and see old and newly-gained friends. The photo above was taken at the Nina Waits Mukongoro School, one of the Batwa Development Program schools supported by the Kellermann Foundation. Since it was my first visit to this particular school, these students fal...
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“Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!” Matthew 13:8-26 If you saw Geofry’s story in our May newsletter you read about his goal of owning a goat so he could have plenty of manure to maintain the nutrient composition of ...
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August 9th marks the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples—observed each year to raise awareness of the world’s indigenous population. We are thankful for the Batwa pygmies of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and for the gifts they bring into world!
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Thanks to generous donors, Uganda Nursing School Bwindi’s Head of School Jane Anyango is attending Villanova University for for her PhD in Nursing to further equip her as head of UNSB. Jane gracefully manages her time as head of school and student—great work Jane! Pictured here, Jane with Bishop Dan Zoreka of the Diocese of ...
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With a new brick-making machine and a trainer, the Batwa Development Program is conducting a trial period using interlocking bricks in home construction. The new method produces long-lasting bricks that do not require firing to cure. If the trial is successful, not only will they produce lovely, durable homes and other buildings...
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