My fantastic vacation

Hello to all my friends, family and supporters, I am nearing the end of an amazing month of fun, health care and YES business. It started as I headed East toward the airport on June 19th where I spent a night and relaxing day at the Sunset Motel before flying out of Uganda on the […]


Progress

Hello to all my friends, family and donors, We are well into the rainy season with many roads quite muddy and difficult to use when checking on the kids (this picture is a road, not a river). All of our 260 or so kids who attend 64 different schools have finished first term and are […]


Spring Time

Hello friends and supporters of YES, I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter and are now enjoying the start of spring. I do see that some of you are still having snow but at least you know that it will not last much longer. My Easter dawned with some clouds but ended up a beautiful […]


March 2016

Hello everyone, I recently had a man named Jim West, who is a long time supporter, come and visit me. He came at the same time as my new school teacher, Deanna Baboi, so he was able to help her arrive here and get settled into her new place. Jim helped me with a number […]


Busy days–Exciting times

Hello everyone! My days have been full with so many things happening. The major event is the laying of the first brick ceremony for the Amaani Rwenzori youth development center.This is the fulfillment of a dream for a place for vocational training that I have had now for several years. It is being made possible […]


Looking forward to 2016

Hello Everyone, I hope that each one of you reading this has had a wonderful Christmas celebration with family and friends.  Christmas 2015 is now past and the year 2016 is coming very soon! In YES we have been quite busy leading into Christmas. Thanks to some very generous people we have bought some food […]


New Things Happening at YES

Hello everyone, Developments continue with our program here in Fort Portal. I am so happy to announce that we have a volunteer coming from the US to teach our kids for the year 2016. Her name is Deanne Baboi and she is well qualified for the job and also a dedicated Christian. She is coming […]


Thankfulness

Hello everyone, I hope this finds everyone well and enjoying lovely autumn weather in some parts of the world. Things at YES are ongoing. Our current project at Manna Rescue Home is the construction of a toilet/shower building for the boy’s dorm. It is still in the beginning stages as the picture shows. With the […]


Summer in Uganda

To all my friends and donors, Life continues to be full working in beautiful Uganda. I thank God to be a part of this program and people here. My health has been a bit up and down but at 71 years I am still quite strong with many things to do. The construction of the […]