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Target reached! Thanks to everyones help and support, my fundraiser on saturday    raised a massive £1183! I have therefore reached my target and have enough for flights and living costs etc.    However, any extra donations would go through to Tearfund and would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rachel   Heeey, so as you might've guessed from the title, I'm going to Uganda! I'll going for 3 months (March 8th - June 8th) with Tearfund Transform (<a style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; cursor: pointer; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://tearfund.org/transform" target="_blank">http://tearfund.org/transform</a>) in conjunction with Uganda COBAP (<a style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; cursor: pointer; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" href="http://cobap-uganda.org/" target="_blank">http://cobap-uganda.org/</a>) who work with HIV/Aids victims etc in Uganda. "<span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">"PARTNER INFORMATION:   <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 13.6pt; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">COBAP (Community Based AIDS Programme) is a local response to HIV in one of the slum areas in Kampala West<span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">District. COBAP started about ten years ago as a small community project. It has four components:   <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: 13.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1.       <span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">HIV/Aids care project: Caring for and<span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> counselling people living with HIV and Aids in the slum communities.<span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">    <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: 13.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">2.       Youth Intervention project: This part of<span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> the project works with the youth in the community to help them live life more positively.   <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: 13.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">3.       Childcare project: working with the<span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> children in the community. <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 13.6pt; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">  <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: 13.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">4.       Community and church capacity<span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> building: this project helps the community and church help themselves in dealing with their problems. <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 13.6pt; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">  COBAP seeks to build the capacity of five slum communities in Kampala to enable them to address the effects of HIV and AIDS through the training of community volunteers, lifeskills education programmes and care and support to people living with HIV and orphans. <span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">TRIP INFORMATION:   <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 13.6pt; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Team activities may include: <span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">• Assisting in school HIV/AIDS clubs <span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">• Participating in art events <span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">• Home visits to families with HIV and AIDS related problems <span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">• Helping with skill development projects e.g. knitting, weaving, brick making, baking etc. <span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">• <span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Participate in the children’s centre activities" <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 13.6pt; vertical-align: baseline; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">  Any donations, not just on here (Ollie), would be amazing! Love Rach xxx "Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity."   finally got some form of itinerary from the partner in Uganda (COBAP):  "1) Community Care Programmes Going in 2/3’s for home visits along with the health volunteers. Visit the sick, join in with the club meetings of people and the workshop. 2) Agricultural projects include planting, digging, demonstration gardens – using the church land and the main church leaders will learn from these. (Take gardening gloves with you and have trainers or sturdy shoes) Group formation – people in churches will identify others to form economic groups to trade together and group those that trade in a similar thing. COBAP will facilitate this and the team will observe. Self Help Project for evangelism – the team will see how it works and the team will work with them – clearing a well/road, doing something together with people who are not church members. 3) Campaign COBAP do 1 or 2 campaigns a year. There are many activities around this – designing the material, distributing these, church prayers, home to home evangelism, the march /rally 4) COBAP day (Apr/May time) An exhibition/activities/advertisement for COBAP. There will be a graduation of those that have completed a literacy course. This will be a big thing and it will take a month to do the activities. Registering people for a blood test on the day. (Please don't do the blood test yourselves! you may wonder why I am saying that but another team did, I would tentatively bring this up with Rachel so she knows your stance on it - if you decide to do the blood test you need to be aware of the risks, we would always advice that an HIV test is done in a counselling situation) 5) School program School clubs – weekly in a school, there are many schools, so teams of 5 will go to different ones over the 3 months. 6) Child centre activities These will take place continuously with pre teens and teens. Won’t need the full team but can swap around. 7) Participate in junior and youth sports – around Apr/May in the holiday. I asked Rachel for a draft itinerary to be sent with some further details of the activities, when they are taking place etc"

Rachel Ellis - Uganda with Tearfund Transform

Rachel Ellis - Uganda with Tearfund Transform

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