Planting for Hope Uganda

Kititi a bush village in the desperately poor South East Uganda. Bewdley Rotary supports the work of Planting for Hope


In February 2019 Bob Eaton went to Uganda to see for himself the work that was being done there by Kate Oakley and her supporters.

Kititi, he said, is deep in the bush south of Kampala, in a desperately poor region lacking all the facilities we take for granted and was without education, opportunities for work and medical care but, thanks to Kate, the Charity has built and runs Cornestone School and Hope House.The School is flourishing with new buildings, paid teachers and free schooling for kids. They value the bond with Bewdley High School via it's Interact Club.

The school is the centre of the community and children from outside the village walk up to 5 miles a day to attend. The exam results published just before Bob left were, he said, very, very, very good.

Hope House provides accommodation for the volunteers who go out and houses the medical clinic for the Women's Cooperative. There are few men as they have died or left. These Cooperative women are cheerful and just work and work and work to provide for their own and many orphan children.women now have twenty acres under cultivation, a pig farm, a chicken farm and goats.

Bob said that he had travelled the world during his life and seen many amazing things but was absolutely blown away by what has been achieved in Kititi.

Previous report dated February 2018

Bewdley Rotary Club member, Elaine James, visited in February 2018 the little bush village out in the sticks of Uganda called Kititi where Planting for Hope, Uganda (PFHU) are working hard to raise money to enable the people of the village to become self sufficient. Land bought by Bewdley Rotary is already planted with the crops growing well. The locals work hard in the fields from dawn to dusk.

I was amazed and impressed by the progression made since I last visited two years ago. Last time the Charity had just purchased a rundown school that was barely habitable but even so the teaching continued.

Now the Charity has raised money to almost rebuild the school and already accommodates children, some of whom board. Teachers have been retrained enabling the school to achieve the best results in the area.

However, the most notable achievement and major step forward must be the construction of the Borehole which Bewdley Rotary, in conjunction with Kinver Rotary raised money to pay for.

Before this the water was collected from a nearby swamp where cattle excrement and other unmentionable substances were washed in. I personally witnessed this and could not possibly begin to explain how awful it was. The locals had no choice but to gather water from there.

The Borehole is situated just inside the school grounds, which are also in walking distance from the village, enabling fresh water for all.

However, the work for PFHU is never ending and although the charity has achieved so much over the last few years, raising money is still an essential part of their work to enable the village to move forward to eventually become completely self sufficient.

A few years ago these people were just existing, but now they have a real goal in life and I have been asked, on behalf of PFHU, to thank Bewdley Rotary for their kind support and donations over the past months.

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