I knew I was here for a reason ;)

Today quite possibly may have been the best day that I've had since being here! This morning I spent nearly 3 hours talking to Patrick (the principal of Zana school)He was telling me everything about the school....how it started, how they started housing kids there who had no where else to go, what they are struggling with, what their hopes are...etc. He said how they are really struggling for money because many of the kids cannot pay there school funds. I asked him if he had ever considered fundraising, to which he asked if I had any ideas for it. Pssshh YEAH! Lots of ideas! The art class at the school makes these hand-made cards from a certain kind of Ugandan tree. They are BEAUTIFUL, and so unique! They also make wonderful earrings, necklaces, bracelets, handbags! We are going to have the kids at the school make as many as possible of everything, and when I leave (in just over a week) I will bring them back to the U.S and sell them to raise money for the school!
I'm not sure of the exact price of everything yet, and I will try to post some pictures soon....but I'm really hoping to get a lot of support with this back home because this would really, truly change these kids lives!

Another thing Patrick and I are going to do is try to get funding for the individual kids (particularly the orphans who live at the school and cannot pay any school fees.) I think there are around 20 or so orphans who live at the school full time, (and many others who are there most of the time) and we would really like to see if we can get sponsors to pay their school fees, among other things. School fees for the year at Zana school are about 20,000 shillings- equivalent of 10 dollars! I believe additional money would go towards expanding the school, textbooks, classroom materials, construction on the church, dormitories, food, etc.

So, obviously, we are still mostly in the brainstorming and planning mode, but this will come together very soon, and I will have LOTS more details soon! :) I'm very excited about this because I can really see great things happening here and I want to give these kids every chance they can have to get the absolute best education they can get!!

well thats all for now, its been an exhausting day, and I'm off to bed!
Peace! :)