in transit…

I have now arrived back in Kigali, Rwanda for a quick stopover before flying back to Tanzania later today. A little weird being back to internet connection, the city and lots of people – makes me wonder how I will feel when I get back to London in a couple of weeks…

It was with an extremely sad and heavy heart that I left Uganda yesterday – the nature, the people…just the entire life there. I so wanted to stay longer and do more…do more to help! I suspect that I will find a way to return there in the new year…feels like unfinished business!

But now that I have a day of wifi, I have plenty of blog posts that have been pending due to the lack of connectivity in Uganda, I was really struggling to include pictures, so now I will get posting more about the life in the community there and my experiences with the people and the different projects.

Oh, before I departed we got an update on the baby that was left in the toilet. The mother was found, but she refused the baby – she had five children already and simply could not cope with another… The baby has been taken to the orphanage and the mother has been jailed. Such heartbreak for the entire family…and what will happen with those other five children. 😥

The question we all ask is ‘what or who is to blame?’ The mother? The culture? The man who fathered the child? The church?

I guess probably a combination of all… Many things could be done to avoid these situations in the future… family planning, education, women empowerment – but that requires time, dedication and funds – it’s not a quick fix…sadly! Because so many gorgeous children are living in extreme poverty in that community… 💔