Monthly Archives: November 2011

A Recipe for Recycling … Ugandan style!

1. Take 15 women from Kakira village (a poor sugarcane farming area), mix well so they get to know each other (and play some silly games in the process). 2. Begin to tear up old paper into basins. Remember to … Continue reading

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A New Start for Magid

Time to go home One of the older children living on the street, Magid (he changed his name to Yazid on the street, common behaviour amongst children who don’t want to be found), was taken for home tracing on Tuesday. … Continue reading

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SALVE’s little workshop

Ugandan Wood A few weeks ago this very blog mentioned that SALVE’s brand new carpentry project was up and running, so maybe it’s time to catch up on what’s been happening in the SALVE workshop. The project initially started with … Continue reading

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Health, hospitals, needles that break and texts that save lives …

Healthcare Alongside access to education, one of the biggest challenges facing people in Uganda is access to affordable, effective healthcare. In Uganda the government has talked of implementing a system of free healthcare, with a health centre in every district. … Continue reading

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Santa Claus is coming to town … and we need one minute of your time to help!

This is just a very quick shout out for assistance for any of you that have one minute to help us. We have recently decided to create a range of S.A.L.V.E. Christmas cards for the first time (yes we know … Continue reading

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