Tomi read the post with the questions and was able to give some better answers than I was. Here is what she said;
KIK is working towards building a self-sustaining village to relocate the people from the slums so they do have a place to go. All efforts in 2014 will be used for this. We don't want them to be scattered or go live on the streets or in the bushes of Northern Uganda where they came from. The war was perpetrated by the Lord's Resistance Army, lead by Joseph Kony. He was the one that abducted over 22,000 children and turned them into soldiers. Most of the child soldiers have grown up and escaped. These are the families (mostly the women) of the Banda Acholi Quarters Slum that you are working in. Most of the youth and kids you work with in the slums mother's were abducted at one time or another. Now they are grown up, living with PTSD and trying to survive. They were kicked out of their homes in the north because of war and they are about to be displaced once again - that's why the village is so important. We need a few thousand more $'s to finish buying a 10 acre parcel about 40k outside of Kampala and about 5,000 dollars more needed to put in a well once we have the land. Architectural plans have already been drawn - we are in the needing finances to put in the well and start building so that we can start the relocation process for these people.
The country club - you are 2.5k from the MCC (Makindye Country Club) and you are living outside of Kampala in Makindye - Luwafu.
Just thought I'd give you some info on that. Oh - the building inside is only 10x14 if you count it off and Cliff said you only had about 200 kids there the past week. The slums are 8k outside Kampala city limits and there are 50,000 people living in an approximate 30 acre radius
KIK is working towards building a self-sustaining village to relocate the people from the slums so they do have a place to go. All efforts in 2014 will be used for this. We don't want them to be scattered or go live on the streets or in the bushes of Northern Uganda where they came from. The war was perpetrated by the Lord's Resistance Army, lead by Joseph Kony. He was the one that abducted over 22,000 children and turned them into soldiers. Most of the child soldiers have grown up and escaped. These are the families (mostly the women) of the Banda Acholi Quarters Slum that you are working in. Most of the youth and kids you work with in the slums mother's were abducted at one time or another. Now they are grown up, living with PTSD and trying to survive. They were kicked out of their homes in the north because of war and they are about to be displaced once again - that's why the village is so important. We need a few thousand more $'s to finish buying a 10 acre parcel about 40k outside of Kampala and about 5,000 dollars more needed to put in a well once we have the land. Architectural plans have already been drawn - we are in the needing finances to put in the well and start building so that we can start the relocation process for these people.
The country club - you are 2.5k from the MCC (Makindye Country Club) and you are living outside of Kampala in Makindye - Luwafu.
Just thought I'd give you some info on that. Oh - the building inside is only 10x14 if you count it off and Cliff said you only had about 200 kids there the past week. The slums are 8k outside Kampala city limits and there are 50,000 people living in an approximate 30 acre radius
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