The Water Filters

And with this entry about the water filters, I come full circle. These filters served as my carrier to go to Uganda in the first place. The World Foundation for Original Human Development purchased two Nikken water filters and they needed to be delivered to Nserester. Along with the filters I was to be their representative at the graduation ceremony.

Here are photos of the water filters being presented to the children and staff of Nserester. On this day Isaac rented a BIG truck, the children piled on the back and we all went to the beach at Lake Victoria. In a large circle the filters were presented along with books for the school and gifts for the sponsored children.

Laughter, running and jumping were all part of this rapturous day at the beach. Children all over the world like to play. Children all over the world like to feel a sense of belonging. Each orphan came to Nserester with their own story of disconnect from their original mother and father. Isaac became their father figure and the elder children learn parent the smaller ones. Bonds run deep here and gratitude is abundant. They know they have been saved, not only from a life on the streets, but saved by the lord. Their faith is ever present. And though they have a story line of being abandoned, they also know they have a chance to thrive with the support and attention given here.

Below is an email I just received from Siyalo Kawuna, one of the boys I befriended, perhaps in his words this email says it all:

Hello mum,

Thank you very much for the message. Really my life wasn't easy to pass through but it was God's blessing. I thank the lord who blessed Dr. Isaac as the one who has groomed me since my parents died.

From my primary school up to now, if it were not for not Dr. Isaac I would not been studying.

Even I had lost hope of studying and went to live on to the street. And I can't forget to thank you for the support you give us in order to help the African child like us. May God reach you and bless you so much.