Aug 29, 2015
FAMILY CARE UGANDA Our Top P7 Class Excursion to Learn About Their Country Robin Yamaguchi 29 August 2015 The children we have in our school have mostly come from very disadvantaged backgrounds. Most have not seen even a small town, a lake, or any real development...
Aug 29, 2015
FAMILY CARE UGANDA End of Term 2 Awards and Ceremony Robin Yamaguchi 29 August 2015 Traditionally, the end of each term schools love to celebrate all that has been accomplished. After a series of exams, it’s always a very welcome break and reward. This term again, we...
Aug 29, 2015
FAMILY CARE UGANDA Building of Children’s Homes Continuing Robin Yamaguchi 29 August 2015 We have been putting a lot of emphasis on finalizing two children’s houses. We look forward to the time in the future when we can plant trees, hedges, put in flowers and such–but...
Jul 16, 2015
FAMILY CARE UGANDA Exams, Painting and Progress Robin Yamaguchi 16 July 2015 Each child is giving it their best this week as we’re finishing up Mid-term exams for Term 2. Taking exams regularly helps us find which areas the children don’t understand well enough yet,...
Feb 19, 2015
FAMILY CARE UGANDA Our Graduates Off to Top Secondary Schools Robin Yamaguchi 19 February 2015 We were thrilled with the results of our oldest students. Each one gave it their best (as did their teachers) and the results showed it. Ocen (left) scored the top and is...
Jan 8, 2015
FAMILY CARE UGANDA Teddy Arrives from UK for Our Kids! Robin Yamaguchi 8 January 2015 A wonderful friend in the UK, Lindsay Judd, spent hours, weeks and months making these beautiful teddies to give to our kids as gifts. In Acholi, our language in the area we live,...
Dec 17, 2014
FAMILY CARE UGANDA Our Class Groups for 2014 Robin Yamaguchi 17 December 2014 Well our dear kids have studied so well, worked really hard and they’ve just come to the end of their academic year. Considering the really traumatic places many had come from, we’ve seen...
Dec 17, 2014
FAMILY CARE UGANDA End of Year Awards Robin Yamaguchi 17 December 2014 At the end of the year we took time to recognize and give small prizes to a number of the pupils. Some went to those who scored the highest and second academically in each grade. Above, the...
Dec 17, 2014
FAMILY CARE UGANDA Drama Team Robin Yamaguchi 17 December 2014 Our Drama teacher, Teddy spent some good time with a group of the young people putting together a meaningful play. It had beautiful messages of kindness, jealousy, selfishness and was built on a family...
Dec 17, 2014
FAMILY CARE UGANDA Our Own Bore-Hole Well!! Robin Yamaguchi 17 December 2017 Since we started at the school, we’ve had to put a lot of time and effort every day hauling water. We used the car for a while, then got out wonderful 3-wheel motorbike, but now, our prayers...
