Wow! What a day. . . . Again we travelled up the mountain roads to a site that had a 360 degree view of valleys and green mountains. The sun shone all day and the pictures all had this spectacular background. It was probably the best distribution yet as all the pieces fell together. To top it off, we were treated to a phenomenon most of us had never seen . . . a Circum Zenithal Arc . . . to us a rainbow that instead of touching the ground at each end remains as a circle above us.
Circum Zenithal Arc
We had a bit of a scare when we arrived at the site . . . our large truck carting the 550 bedkits was completely on its side in a ditch! Apparently they had off-loaded all the kits and then turned the wrong way out onto the road and tipped over. Heaven knows when they got out, but that was the only wrinkle in the whole day!
We were then treated to a performance by a group of women who sang, danced and brought gifts of fruit and vegetables, not for us but for their community. It was a joyous occasion for all.
Gifts of food for the family
We then went on to a lunch again hosted by one of the women in the Inner Wheel which was followed by a home visit right next door. The woman had 6 children living in a 2 room mud hut and her husband had died during Covid. Needless to say, she was overwhelmed by the gifts of food given to her and her children. This is always one of many sobering moments in our distributions. However, there are also a number of joyous moments such as seeing the children’s faces and the faces of their families, when they receive their bedkits.
It was a perfect day from every aspect!
Team Uganda
Inner Wheel of Kampala 🇺🇬 and SCAW 🇨🇦