My heart begins to race a little when I look at the number of cases. In Germany, we have seen over 30,000 new cases in 7 days. They say the numbers will explode over the next two weeks. It takes about 14 days for the virus to incubate. And when I consider how Italy is...overwhelmed, I want to cry. America's cases are now shooting up. Sadly we are going to see the results of all those reckless spring break partiers. The hospitals will be flooded with young people who said, "if I get it I get it". But they take up a bed. They take up equipment and time. and many actually die. In Italy, they no longer treat anyone over the age of 60. They have no resources. And they begin to see 1000 deaths a day. The reckless lack of social responsibility. And it is not just young people. It is local officials who acted late because they cared more about business than public health. Most of the cases in Europe can be traced to a single ski resort in Austria. They had cases of the virus but failed to tell anyone for a week. They did not want to lose the business. I think managers of this resort will not only lose the business, but they will also face prison. And they should.
Nicole is home now. She flew on a nearly empty flight. Her flight was an hour early and I was late picking her up. Now she is required to stay home for two weeks. She has loads of things to do. Philip, on the other hand, is restless. He is very social and easily bored. He wanted to get out and start meeting friends. It was so stressful trying to make him understand how dangerous that is to our family. And I think he gets it now...but not 100% sure. This situation is very hard. I realize it is not easy to just remain locked up. Nicole is kind of a homebody. Philip is not. It is just plain hard for everyone in one way or another. We have it easy compared to most. This population needs to realize being bored is not fatal...but viruses can be.
In Uganda, the leaders have the women organized into groups. Each group has jobs to keep them busy. Our women that sew are making things to sell in the shop we hope to open. The soap workshop remains open for now. And all the women in the group that worked selling in the market place are busy making beads. They are divided by location. And supporting each other as a family. They went from being stressed, to being busy. And they all hope to be able to pay rent at the end of this. Not many in the slums have this hope. I know I am not the only one who realizes a potential train wreck. Please pray for International aid from The UN or the EU or another source. People need food and clean water to stay at home. We have raised about half the funds we will need to support our 35 women and their 46 kids during this lockdown. If you think you can help, we are really grateful for your contributions. The necklaces, bags, and soap they make right now will be the stock they sell in the gift shop we are going to buy. Consider every gift an investment not only in their present needs but their future needs as well.
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Nicole is home now. She flew on a nearly empty flight. Her flight was an hour early and I was late picking her up. Now she is required to stay home for two weeks. She has loads of things to do. Philip, on the other hand, is restless. He is very social and easily bored. He wanted to get out and start meeting friends. It was so stressful trying to make him understand how dangerous that is to our family. And I think he gets it now...but not 100% sure. This situation is very hard. I realize it is not easy to just remain locked up. Nicole is kind of a homebody. Philip is not. It is just plain hard for everyone in one way or another. We have it easy compared to most. This population needs to realize being bored is not fatal...but viruses can be.
In Uganda, the leaders have the women organized into groups. Each group has jobs to keep them busy. Our women that sew are making things to sell in the shop we hope to open. The soap workshop remains open for now. And all the women in the group that worked selling in the market place are busy making beads. They are divided by location. And supporting each other as a family. They went from being stressed, to being busy. And they all hope to be able to pay rent at the end of this. Not many in the slums have this hope. I know I am not the only one who realizes a potential train wreck. Please pray for International aid from The UN or the EU or another source. People need food and clean water to stay at home. We have raised about half the funds we will need to support our 35 women and their 46 kids during this lockdown. If you think you can help, we are really grateful for your contributions. The necklaces, bags, and soap they make right now will be the stock they sell in the gift shop we are going to buy. Consider every gift an investment not only in their present needs but their future needs as well.
We accept PayPal
Go Fund me
and direct bank deposit to our German NGO
Hoffnung für Uganda e.V.
IBAN:
DE 14 6001 0070 0966 1517 02
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