by Barbara Thomas Dew drops off the eucalyptus trees patter on the iron sheet roof. I wonder if it is going to rain today, or if it’s just the dew. I’ll find out soon enough when the first light comes. The birds begin to sing and we know it’s time to get up. It’s gentler getting up when the birdsong beats the 6:20 a.m. a...
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On February 9, the Kellermann Foundation honored some of our local volunteers at a Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon to express our gratitude for their selfless work. So much of our operation could not be done without their help. To all of our volunteers–Thank You! by Laura Corley I had the privilege of sharing a table with Marv...
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by Lana Valenta, Board President above: Dr. Scott Kellermann in a training exercise at BCH The day before the arrival of the Kellermann Foundation team for our annual Bwindi site visit, we learned of the sudden death of The Reverend Canon Enos Komunda, who has served as the coordinator of the Batwa Development Program (BDP) for ...
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above: Canon Enos and Sylvia Kokunda by Barbara Thomas, long-term volunteer Komunda Enos was among the nine passengers killed on August 3 when the bus he was riding in Kampala slammed into a trailer truck, parked on the side of the road. Another 20 people, including Enos’s daughter Phoebe, were injured. Phoebe is recovering fr...
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Photo: Paul Thomas (right) records Eliphaz (left) telling a Bible story while Furugengyensi listens and learns. You may have heard the same Bible stories in Sunday school, but you might not recognize them immediately if you listen in at Bwindi. That’s because these stories are being told “the Batwa way.” Paul Thomas is a ...
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