A brief note about me!I live in Waterlooville, Hampshire in the UK, have a wonderful daughter - Melody, an extended, adopted family in far flung places, am a believer in the brotherhood of man, a member of various organisations to extend my knowledge and involvement in our world, belong to the Rotary Club of Havant and am a lover of wilderness, exploration, walking and the myriad wonders of creation at large. In a nutshell!
The purpose of my website...
... is to introduce projects in which I am involved to anyone who might be interested in learning about them and possibly helping at them. I have been to all many times and know them inside out.
These are projects run by local people with the sole aim of helping themselves rise above the grinding poverty into which they and their neighbours were born. Some projects are in Uganda and the other in Sri Lanka.
Both projects take volunteers to help them develop various aspects of care and education for children and adults so that they can help themselves and provide good care for their families in the future. Despite being in countries far apart they share the same vision and motivation.
The Uganda Project is in an area where families live by subsistence farming and there is a very small supplementary income from selling home produced crafts to tourists who come to see the falls on the River Nile. This income will totally disappear soon due to the building of the Bujagali Dam which will drown the falls. Then, there main reason for tourists to visit their area will be gone, so this income will be lost.
The Sri Lanka Project is in an area that was devastated by the Tsunami and where all families were affected by losing family members who worked on the coast as fishermen or in the tourist industry. This caused an emotional and economic void in many families which will take generations to redress.
Each project has its own website where you can see the principle organisers, the children and adults they are helping and learn what you can do to help. Even telling someone else about their work may result in another person participating.
Their websites can be accessed via the buttons on the left side panel.
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