Uganda: The Inner Wheel of Kampala

From Uganda Photos 2010

Today was our first distribution and it was a great experience. However, we couldn’t do it alone.

For each distribution, the SCAW team is paired up with an Overseas Volunteer Organization. Team Uganda has been paired with the Inner Wheel of Kampala for seventeen years. The Inner Wheel is made up of service-minded women who donate money and raise awareness about important issues in their community.

Each year, this team of women has taken SCAW under their wing and been an important force in making sure each distribution happens. One main job that the Inner Wheel has is determining which children receive bedkits and what items make up the bedkit.

From Uganda Photos 2010

This year, their task was 6,000 children and $35 (CDN). They found discounts on items and managed to get nineteen items for $35. In addition to these tasks, they secure transportation, do a financial report, select distribution sites, and they still have time to do other positive things in their communities.

Some of the things that they have done include paying school fees for children, building a protected well, donating money to hospitals and schools, giving out wheelchairs, and informing other people on HIV/AIDS. We are incredibly lucky to be partnered with this wonderful group of women.

Laurie Guay
for SCAW Team Uganda 2010

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