Mogli Uganda Fundraising
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In February 2020 I went with The Abode Project to Kabale in Uganda for my first deep adventure into a trip of pure service.
I have been deeply moved by my experience. The collective power of the group that I went with to Uganda, the love and dedication everyone gave, raising over 35k between us all, building a new medical centre, a music room and adventure playground in The Abode School, building a new nursery and kitchen in a local school nearby that also needed support, finding local cases of struggle and helping out, sponsoring children, putting them in schools.
We forgot the outside world existed and all that mattered was the bubble we were in, all focused on helping, building, painting, loving and giving as much of ourselves as we could to this community.
Now I have felt such a shift within myself. I have been changed in how I think and realise different things matter to me now. I deeply understand that the only reason we are here is to give love and help others who need it.
That is what going to Uganda has done to me with The Abode Project. I know that a huge part of my life now is to act in service. For the first time I feel a real sense of purpose driving me forward and for that I will be forever grateful to The Abode Project and the community of people I met in Kabale, Uganda.
We are blessed to have been born in a society where we have drinking water, electricity, basic food and shelter. We take them for granted. Too many people around the world do not have these basic needs met. Why? Because by the unlucky roll of the dice, they were born in countries of poverty, countries of war and struggle. We did nothing to earn what we have in our lives, fate blessed us to be born into a life of wealth, they did nothing wrong to lose out. We are all the same, all born equal, just fate decides on which side of a border we are born. Understanding this deeply has given me the clarity to see how unbalanced the world is and now drives me to do what I can to help with the imbalance. Us born into a life of privilege should be helping the less fortunate, the hungry and the desperate. Because it could have been so easily us on the other side, the dice could have landed a different way….
I fell in love with the people of Kabale, happy people, always with smiles on their faces, children with rhythm in their bones. Their hearts are pure and warm and it was such a pleasure working alongside local builders, hearing their stories and understanding their lives.
I cannot quite explain what this sense of purpose has made me feel like, it just feels right, finally everything just feels right.
And so I am already looking towards my next trip to Uganda. This will happen in October again with The Abode Project. I am already set, I am going!
This time I want to go more off the beaten track, more into the mountains and the villages there, to see the children that are further from The Abode School, further away from the towns, living in greater poverty stricken areas. More into the towns where so many homeless children are sleeping in sewers to stay safe, away from predators. I want to find cases of children and adults that really need help, either with medical care, schooling or basic necessities of food and water.
This is where I want to take the money I raise and personally put it to work in places of need.
So please, any amount of money can help to help change lives there. if you know me, then you trust me and know all the money is going to the cause. I paid for all my own way on the last trip and will do for all future trips. All money donated will be spent on the people I connect with to help.
I will stay connected with each of you that donates and share personally with you the story and where the money goes and how it helps.
I understand many people feel to help people in their own country, which I totally understand. If that is you, then please help out closer to you and donate to another cause. But if you are like me and feel more connected to being a human being rather than a person belonging to a country, then you will understand we are all the same and everyone needs our help, we are all people of the planet. It doesn't matter about borders and countries and labels. Help where you feel to help. I have connected with the people of Kabale, so that is where my service begins, who knows where I will go from here, but you can only help one person at a time and do your part, piece by piece.
So please make sure you do your part if you feel you have a blessed and privileged life, either through me or through another cause you trust and believe in.
Thank you for reading this all the way though, I hope it resonates with you.
Check out The Abode Project website for more of an insight into the project that I couldn't recommend enough for anyone wanting to volunteer and be a part of a bigger picture and come on the next trip with us ;-)
https://aboderecords.com/abode-project/
I have been deeply moved by my experience. The collective power of the group that I went with to Uganda, the love and dedication everyone gave, raising over 35k between us all, building a new medical centre, a music room and adventure playground in The Abode School, building a new nursery and kitchen in a local school nearby that also needed support, finding local cases of struggle and helping out, sponsoring children, putting them in schools.
We forgot the outside world existed and all that mattered was the bubble we were in, all focused on helping, building, painting, loving and giving as much of ourselves as we could to this community.
Now I have felt such a shift within myself. I have been changed in how I think and realise different things matter to me now. I deeply understand that the only reason we are here is to give love and help others who need it.
That is what going to Uganda has done to me with The Abode Project. I know that a huge part of my life now is to act in service. For the first time I feel a real sense of purpose driving me forward and for that I will be forever grateful to The Abode Project and the community of people I met in Kabale, Uganda.
We are blessed to have been born in a society where we have drinking water, electricity, basic food and shelter. We take them for granted. Too many people around the world do not have these basic needs met. Why? Because by the unlucky roll of the dice, they were born in countries of poverty, countries of war and struggle. We did nothing to earn what we have in our lives, fate blessed us to be born into a life of wealth, they did nothing wrong to lose out. We are all the same, all born equal, just fate decides on which side of a border we are born. Understanding this deeply has given me the clarity to see how unbalanced the world is and now drives me to do what I can to help with the imbalance. Us born into a life of privilege should be helping the less fortunate, the hungry and the desperate. Because it could have been so easily us on the other side, the dice could have landed a different way….
I fell in love with the people of Kabale, happy people, always with smiles on their faces, children with rhythm in their bones. Their hearts are pure and warm and it was such a pleasure working alongside local builders, hearing their stories and understanding their lives.
I cannot quite explain what this sense of purpose has made me feel like, it just feels right, finally everything just feels right.
And so I am already looking towards my next trip to Uganda. This will happen in October again with The Abode Project. I am already set, I am going!
This time I want to go more off the beaten track, more into the mountains and the villages there, to see the children that are further from The Abode School, further away from the towns, living in greater poverty stricken areas. More into the towns where so many homeless children are sleeping in sewers to stay safe, away from predators. I want to find cases of children and adults that really need help, either with medical care, schooling or basic necessities of food and water.
This is where I want to take the money I raise and personally put it to work in places of need.
So please, any amount of money can help to help change lives there. if you know me, then you trust me and know all the money is going to the cause. I paid for all my own way on the last trip and will do for all future trips. All money donated will be spent on the people I connect with to help.
I will stay connected with each of you that donates and share personally with you the story and where the money goes and how it helps.
I understand many people feel to help people in their own country, which I totally understand. If that is you, then please help out closer to you and donate to another cause. But if you are like me and feel more connected to being a human being rather than a person belonging to a country, then you will understand we are all the same and everyone needs our help, we are all people of the planet. It doesn't matter about borders and countries and labels. Help where you feel to help. I have connected with the people of Kabale, so that is where my service begins, who knows where I will go from here, but you can only help one person at a time and do your part, piece by piece.
So please make sure you do your part if you feel you have a blessed and privileged life, either through me or through another cause you trust and believe in.
Thank you for reading this all the way though, I hope it resonates with you.
Check out The Abode Project website for more of an insight into the project that I couldn't recommend enough for anyone wanting to volunteer and be a part of a bigger picture and come on the next trip with us ;-)
https://aboderecords.com/abode-project/
Organizer
Ross Hemmings
Organizer
Sant Antoni de Portmany
