In June, we travelled to Uganda to visit schools that had received new boreholes.  This was a very special trip because I was accompanied by my daughter and my four grandkids!  It was amazing to share with them all that I love about Uganda. Each one assimilated, absorbed, and embraced the culture in their own way, and they learned what it is like to go to high school in Uganda.  My daughter, Christine Gupta, and her children donated a borehole at Rugashali Parents Secondary School in Kagadi District, just before the COVID lockdown.  In June, they got to see this borehole and listen to grateful students at an all-school assembly.  Students there now are healthy because they have clean water to drink, right on the campus.

We also visited St. Denis Secondary School in Rakai District in southern Uganda, and this time my family got to witness the presentation of the most honored thank you gift that can be offered by Ugandan schools  …. a live chicken!  The staff thanked Quench and Connect for the clean water and brought the chicken into the classroom along with a bunch of matooke, the most important Ugandan staple.

At both of these schools, my grandkids got to interact with the Ugandan students.  In Ugandan schools, children learn English from kindergarten onward, so communication was easy (see the pictures below).  As you can see, the American and Ugandan students really enjoyed meeting each other and sharing stories.

And on the last day of our trip, we were invited to the home of Ssenkaali Godfrey in the village of Rakai.  Ssenkaali was our first university scholarship recipient, and is a friend and helps us as a consultant with in-country tasks and vetting candidate schools.  His university degree was in Development, and he is now using his skills on a big government project.  He has built a nice home deep in the village for his wife and three small children.  The picture below shows Ssenkaali and his extended family at their new home in Rakai.