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Sunday, November 16, 2014

A Beautiful Compromise!


A lot has been happening at the Baby Unit recently, and one of the exciting developments is that finally we have a space to accommodate babies born outside the hospital, without high risk of cross-infection.  It’s been a compromise, as instead of an “extension”, it’s more of a “partition”, but it’s been beautifully decorated by some willing volunteers, including Shauna visiting from the UK, Katie, our splendid gap yearer, and from the White Eagle Project, both Aunt Sarah and Catherine who recently finished her primary school P7 exams. 



This is great news for all of us at the Baby Unit, as we’re really eager to help as many babies as we possibly can to thrive!  Below is a picture of our head nurse Cathy, with two of our preterm babies and their proud maamas. 


Synergy Begin their Big League Campaign

The Synergy Senior Team have now played their 4 opening matches in their first season in Uganda's second tier - Big League. Compared to their exploits in the Buganda Regional League last season it has indeed been a 'Big' step up, and there is need to work hard to push up the table after 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss so far. If you are interested in our progress you can now visit our Synergy FC website at:

synergyfc.leaguerepublic.com


We will soon be entering the very busy holiday period of December and January. This is always a challenge with only 3 staff members (Brian, Abbey and myself) training, visiting mentoring and discipling well over 100 players from the ages of 7 to 25. We will also have 5 Big League fixtures in December, so we have a busy time ahead!



A Pox (Pocks) on our House…. 

Whilst those of you in exotic locations such as the USA or Europe may be mulling over the risk of Ebola virus, we too have been plagued by a virus – albeit a slightly more mundane one.  Yes, Noah (along with most of the kids that he knows at the Danish Kindergarten that he goes to once a week) has been afflicted by chickenpox.  It had to happen sometime, and he mostly took it with good humour, albeit stopping every now and then to furiously scratch. 


That said, on a more tropical note, he has allegedly since been diagnosed with malaria, though this doesn’t seem to have phased him in the slightest (and his cynical maama is not particularly convinced that the blood slide was correct).


Farewell to a Fabulous Man!

As well as a month of exciting developments here in Uganda, October was also a month of sadness for Sarah’s American family, including the loss of her beloved and fantastic grandpa, Dama (Oliver Crosby).  Words are probably insufficient to explain properly how amazing he was, but anyone who met him knows that he was one of a kind, a tremendously warm, humorous and intelligent man.  He will be massively missed by so many.