Far from her village in the capital city,
She makes the most of each opportunity, she commands no pity.
Life is hard in Kampala but she smiles through each day,
But yearns for her family in a place far away.
It's many years now since her dear Daddy died,
Leaving Mummy behind with 8 children by her side.
TB and Malaria claimed his young life,
And that 'other' disease gave this family more strife.
When AIDS claimed her Aunty, like so many others,
Many more children were missing their mothers.
So the families united, together in grief,
To still have each other must have been some releif.
Together they worked hard in the fields every day,
To strive for a better future it was the only way.
Now Agnes is studying so she can give care to another,
Lessons learned well from the hand of her mother.
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Hey Sam.
ReplyDeletepoems seem to become your favourite way of communication! Wow. Didn´t know that you are so talented at it. We really enjoy following your blog and can´t get enough of sharing your experiences.
There will be more than enough situations every day ,where it would be easier for you to just close your eyes instead of standing all that suffering. There will be moments of doubt and "what the hell am I ding here?"- days. - keep on goin, sam. Nothing can be harder than jumping down the cliff at the victoria falls...
Since last year we´ve been busy with starting our NGO and so far we´ve been successful with raising some money.
The english section of our website "www.chanceforgrowth.org" is running already but temporarily not up to date, as reports of our last missions to India and the philippiones are missing yet. But you can have a look at it, ito get a first impression of what we are doing. For all the people, especially children, who need help quick and unbureaucratically, keep you´re eyes open. Maybe we can achieve some help for african children as well.
Of course we would love to return to africa again and of course we wouldn´t miss to visit you in uganda then.
Lets see what 2010 brings...
Many, many greetings from germany.
Christian and Eve.