BSUF News & Events

Picture of Geoffrey

News

March 2008 - Geoffrey Mukembya passed his primary exams and has joined Mbulamuti secondary school. This is what Geoffrey had to say: "am very grateful to Buyemba Suubira, without BSUF I would not have afforded school fees to finish primary and joined secondary school. I pray that BSUF will continue to help me"

August 2007 - BSUF chairman John Faith and treasurer Jon Exton went to visit the local trustees and children in Butansi village in Uganda The village is about 4 hrs drive from Kampala the capital city and the journey goes east to Jinja on lake Victoria then North to Kamuli the nearest town to the village. A stopover at Jinja provided the opportunity to stock up with provisions for the overnight stay - mosquito nets, water, a few other necessities and of course plenty of sweets and lollipops for the children.

Picture of Jon and Kimera

A warm welcome was extended by the BSUF Uganda trustees - Mary, Jethro, Florence, Ambrose as well as the excited children and the village community. A trip was arranged to visit the local school, future victory where most of the children attend as well as the local church. We met the headmaster of the school and Jon was delighted to meet Kimera a bright student whom he's sponsoring.

A walk through the village and the fields to the water well gave us an opportunity to experience the very basic living standards and to see where the community and medical centre are planned. The overnight stay in the village Hut provided the real appreciation of the caring hospitality as the family laboured over a wood burning fire to cook supper.

Scrambling into the beds under the mosquito net and in the pitch darkness was quite a contrast to the comfort in the Kampala hotel. This trip provided the BSUF UK team valuable first hand experience of the challenges ahead and the dream to be fulfilled.

Past Events

19th September 2007 - BSUF African theme night fundraising event at Babylon Lounge, Hove, East Sussex. There was African food, music, dance and a Ugandan craft stall. £700 was raised. See here for photos of the event.