A Hearty Thank You to our Sponsors and Friends

FAMILY CARE UGANDA A Hearty Thank You to our Sponsors and Friends Robin Yamaguchi 30 May 2013 We have been absolutely thrilled, that this project which is going to serve so many orphans, and the whole Community north of Gulu where we have settled, is coming about so...

Our Miracle School — Out of Nowhere in 2 months!

FAMILY CARE UGANDA Our Miracle School — Out of Nowhere in 2 months! Robin Yamaguchi 18 April 2013 We have been so amazed and excited about the progress of the buildings. Seen here from the back: The third building of 3 rooms now has all the plastering finished...

Building, Step by Step

FAMILY CARE UGANDA Building, Step by Step Robin Yamaguchi 2 April 2013 From an open cleared part of land only weeks ago, it’s thrilling seeing the buildings form! Now our first building of 3 classrooms has been plastered, and the second one is being finished inside....

Roofing and Small Buildings

FAMILY CARE UGANDA Roofing and Small Buildings Robin Yamaguchi 21 March 2013 It’s fantastic seeing things fall into place! Here the roof is finished on our first block of 3 classrooms. Seen from the back here: Inside the plastering has began. If you look closely, the...

Foundations and Walls of 9 New Classrooms

FAMILY CARE UGANDA Foundations and Walls of 9 New Classrooms Robin Yamaguchi 19 March 2013 We are so excited seeing truck load after truck load of sand, aggregate rock, bricks, roofing and wood and all come rolling into our site many times a  day — resulting in the...

Clearing and Building

FAMILY CARE UGANDA Clearing and Building Robin Yamaguchi 1 March 2013 What an exciting start to the new year. Below you can see a corner of the 3 acres for our school cleared, right opposite our farm. First loads of sand and rocks for which we got at extra good...

Heart Felt Christmas Gifts

FAMILY CARE UGANDA Heart Felt Christmas Gifts Robin Yamaguchi 26 December 2012 We’d wondered about getting normal presents for our orphans but so many protested & explained that by the time they reached home, they would be stolen–either by relatives, or others...

Volunteers Bring Skills and Fun!!

FAMILY CARE UGANDA Volunteers Bring Skills and Fun!! Robin Yamaguchi 3 November 2012 We met Hayley when we were in Jinja, whitewater rafting. She’s a Social Work from Australia and soo much fun. Well, after doing volunteer work at a larger NGO here, she and 2 friends...

Sprucing up our School before Exams!

FAMILY CARE UGANDA Sprucing up our School before Exams! Robin Yamaguchi 19 October 2012 It’s been wonderful having the new paint job, both inside and out! We wanted to match this with sprucing up the school grounds. Boys and girls all jumped in and cheerily slashed...

Paint Makes the place SHINE! =)

FAMILY CARE UGANDA Paint Makes the place SHINE! =) Robin Yamaguchi 1 October 2012 It’s exciting seeing tangible progress right before our eyes! The painting is really coming along in the school we’re using for our dear orphans. You can see the amazing contrast...