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its knitting again fresh group with jaque

2009-04-07T05:07:00.000-07:00

New students getting new skills peter in the background and i will be travelling to kampala we have been invitited to attend a seminar on tailoring from the 19/april/2009 to 21/04/2009
alot will be learnened . will bring the pictures from the trip.

2009-04-07T04:34:00.000-07:00

over the years we have had knitting togather with sewing classes ....as the number of students increase now to 30 this academic year there is need to find ways of getting new kniiting machine the one you see here is been with us since 2005 the newer we have is undergoing repaires we havent got the needed parts yet

2008-10-17T06:29:00.000-07:00

She is doing a joining class in tailoring this is the advanced stage where the girls are getting ready for their finals

2008-09-20T09:10:00.000-07:00

take care

2008-09-20T09:07:00.000-07:00

Nice to see the crater lake... this one is very..very Dip ..they were formed due to volcanicity many many years ago.

2008-09-20T09:03:00.000-07:00

some day we may teach the young how to do sewing this would be alot of fun seeing how they would do.

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from left Beatrace, Jackie , and Peter are the teachers they too are well and came ready to begin classes

2008-09-20T08:43:00.000-07:00

The term just begun and these students came first to begine school again we happy ....God kept them safe and they are here again ..

2008-09-08T04:33:00.000-07:00

Be well

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The amezing view of Gods hand work

2008-09-08T04:23:00.000-07:00

she is learning basic skills on non electric sewing machine use

2008-09-08T04:18:00.000-07:00

we are hoping soon to reach out to ladies like these and be given a skill in sewing and tailoring we pray that they may put it in practice .

2008-09-08T04:09:00.000-07:00

the girls were busy preparing to do their end of term exams they are coming back this mornth for there second year course work.

2008-08-10T08:36:00.000-07:00

The Rwenzori mountain western uganda its very long and is shared by both uganda and Congo.. enjoy the view
good luck

2008-08-10T08:33:00.000-07:00

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He is disabled but he is with us learning knitting and sewing we happy to have him on our programme

2008-05-07T02:03:00.000-07:00

Fort portal is blessed by nice beings like these i took this picture on the road side enjoy

2008-02-13T02:27:00.000-08:00

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Peter giving instructions to the new girlon the sewing class this year we are expecting 20 more students 5 have already come she is one of them

2008-02-13T02:16:00.000-08:00

This is Lake Victoria ...the bigest fresh water lake in East Africa and the great River Nile comes from this lake Uganda shares it with Kenya and Tanzania ....

2008-02-07T02:27:00.001-08:00

as we were looking for new students on sewing programme i met these kids ..they are many that that are not going to school i dont know all the reasons why but for sure they will need a skill that can make them live in the future we hope to begin sewing classes for even those in the villages far away from town this will help
vb

2008-02-07T02:06:00.000-08:00

She is one of the girls that finished on the sewing programme she now works in kampala she was so happy when i visited her .....she asked me to say hi to all ..
we are proud of her
we found her after she had droped out of school we taught her for 2 years now she has a living wage..

2008-01-06T03:50:00.000-08:00

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these girls are happy and proud to learn how to make clothes on their own

2008-01-06T03:41:00.000-08:00

she got pregnant and droped out of school fort portal church of christ helped her to get on the tailoring classes she is begining to learn

2007-12-26T05:31:00.000-08:00

This picture i took it on lake albert ..and want to wish you all a Happy New year on be half of pearls of uganda vocational trining center ... thanx to all who have helped this project mostly Afra ann marie and the whole staff here in Fort portal plus friends in the Netherlands

2007-12-26T05:23:00.001-08:00

The Rwenzori mountain this separates Uganda and Congo sometimes its hard to imagine what goes ahead beyond this mountain wars and killings of inocent people make me sad ..i pray some day congo will be peacefull and may be young girls over there will get a chance to do school and live just like othr people ... remember to pray for people on the other side of the mountain.

2007-12-26T05:18:00.001-08:00

The Uganda kob i took this picture in semliki national park.... closer to fort portal ..uganda is blessed by woundefull animals like these and we proud to have them around

2007-12-26T05:12:00.000-08:00

Peter i found him busy making lesson plan he has been reading alot and teaching both theory and practicals in sewing its been so exciting to the new girls the term closed and january 7 it will open again with more students

2007-12-26T05:06:00.000-08:00

Beatrace is a graduate from our programme and now she is teaching the new intake of girls its been good to see one of our own trained now teaching others

2007-11-26T00:11:00.000-08:00

This is the land we hope to put a sewing school ...here in Fort portal

2007-11-16T05:21:00.000-08:00

''LOOK AT What we have made.''.. the class display shorts made from paper then after they will have to use Reall cloth

2007-11-16T05:20:00.000-08:00

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Mum Phillip has been with us for now almost four years she is now teaching the paper class she will be sitting for her advanced national exams soon

2007-11-16T05:11:00.000-08:00

These stedents are happy this is one of the best class we have had since the project began they are perfoming so well

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Peter our long time instructor teaching a new wave of pearls of uganda sewing class...we greatfull to be apart in teaching these ladies skills that will help them better their lives

2007-11-14T07:18:00.000-08:00

These are some of the New Girls at pearls of uganda project we so proud to have them there..

2007-06-02T02:51:00.001-07:00

afriend of mine is selling these...i looked at them they are perfect we begine saving now untile we get them .. always pray for us when you can ..God bless

2007-06-02T02:47:00.000-07:00

i went to fort portal town this day why?to bring the repair man cause these machines could not work he did a good job still we thinking of getting more machines we dont know how but we trust we will.

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Yes these students are ready to learn and we will do everything to get them ready for their finals

2007-06-02T02:40:00.001-07:00

Peter now has achallenge of trining these students to better their future

2007-06-02T02:38:00.000-07:00

He is getting on cutting fabric

2007-06-02T02:32:00.000-07:00

New pearls of uganda students now two boys joinen us

2007-05-10T04:06:00.000-07:00

the girls on the sewing machine s they are having their first lessons

2007-05-10T03:56:00.001-07:00

from left derrick,the girls and patric who does social work with the girls at our new school in virika ,these girls completed primary seven last year and are begining tailoring classes

2007-05-10T03:56:00.000-07:00

2007-04-07T05:39:00.000-07:00

manythings are envolved in learning she was pounding Gnuts in a motor this was the harvest from the agriculture class

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This is the future plan we have for the trining center

2007-04-07T05:32:00.000-07:00

Patrick is the project social worker and Jaquline behind is with the knitting class

2007-03-23T07:46:00.000-07:00

these are the Gnuts from the garden the girls learned better methords of planting them

2007-03-23T07:43:00.000-07:00

Our knitting machine is still okey we have students
wanting to learn how to make sweaters

2007-03-23T07:39:00.000-07:00

She is one of the girls at our sewing course we call her MAAMA PHILLIP this is the home where she lives

2007-03-17T06:29:00.000-07:00

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this land we hope some day we will be able to have many activities going on first we want to lease is as soon as money is available then we can proceed with activities

2007-03-17T06:15:00.000-07:00

Many week days she has been learning and she is perfecting

2007-03-17T06:05:00.000-07:00

Gorreti one of the girls has finished her besics in sewing she is now sewing school uniforms for schools here in fort portal this picture i took it at her home behind her the curtain is the bathing area for the farmily to some people it may be hard to imagine but truelly the whole farmily bath is that place .we are happy for the sewing skill she has some day she will be able to do many things from the income she earns from sewing .

2007-03-16T07:02:00.000-07:00

Western Uganda is so nice this is the compound of the king of Toro ..in this land pearls of uganda vocationa trining center teaches many girls how to do sewing and knitting we are greatfull for all who have given hope to the girls we teach .

2007-03-16T06:55:00.000-07:00

susan had a boy friend who got her pregnant she was thrown out the home her boy friend too..left her with now a three year old son she leaves with her mother inlaw she came all the way from Rwanda and we offered her a course in sewing she is on the besics of how to make skirts

2006-12-15T23:03:00.000-08:00

pearls of uganda knitting machine ....Many girls have got the chance to make use of this machine a few schools have sweaters made from this very machine ...those red knitting threads are making sweaters for kitumba primary school... we say thanx for having it at pearls of uganda vocational trining center here in fort portal

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2006-08-18T06:58:00.000-07:00

These are the skies of Rwenzori the largest block mountain in East africa.

2006-08-18T01:28:00.000-07:00

To ALL WHO TOOK THEIR TIME TO SEE PEARLS OF UGANDA BLOG I SEND THESE NICE SKIES TO YOO.. Good luck dear friends

2006-08-18T01:16:00.000-07:00

It was a great day at pearls of uganda hair dressing saloon in kitumba where Kwataniza representative here Ineke came to see how saloon is doing thanx a gain for the funding that made this into a reality..

2006-08-18T01:09:00.000-07:00

Nice one of the girls as i was coming met her here and took this snap while she was coming

2006-08-18T00:59:00.000-07:00

mama Phillip starding besides the farmily banana plantation where most of the time food is got...we have a role to play in teaching agriculture too

2006-08-18T00:56:00.000-07:00

Phillip could not easly understand why he should leave his corn ,,he is a nice boy..he can still smile at home when vistors are not around

2006-08-18T00:46:00.000-07:00

I set off to the village to visit mama phillip one of the girls on our toiloring programme .this is the house where she leaves with her child .she is a single mother life is very hard ....its had to emagine for some people...
i dont know whether you have ever lived where you are never for sure know what tomorrow will be ...Pearls of uganda as a team we have tried to our level best to bring hope to these Girls..this is their true lives they live back home ..
If you want to ever to help one of these..you are welcome .

2006-08-18T00:39:00.000-07:00

This man has offered to teach the girls in tailoring class how to make printing and desighns
we are treing to get cloth where the girls can learn how to make budges and many other things ..i thank him for the help he is willing to give the girls

2006-08-18T00:34:00.000-07:00

The girls and akiiki took their time as they looked at the root nodules of Gnuts.. which have a nitrogen fixing bacteria to the soil.. we will continue plating legumenous crops which help keep the soil fertile

2006-08-18T00:26:00.000-07:00

yvonne was taking the girls of pearls of uganda for agriculture class while still in fort portal we have just removed the ground nuts ...it was i great lesson for the girls .... we beleave the girl child needs not only vocational skills but also skills in having a balanced diet..we train girls in this field too.

2006-07-30T06:09:00.000-07:00

The girls were gathering to get the knowledge on how to use the new sewing machine ..which could make batones on shirts ,zig zag and many other things..it was a nice day

2006-07-30T05:56:00.000-07:00

Very soon i will be loading pictures of the girls back home where they come from ..i have been visiting i was moved by the kind of lives they live...your welcom to join me as i go around the villages showing you what is not easy to imagine ..these are brothers of one girl i visited as soon a they saw me they came closer to see what i came for ..pictures then they were happy ....soon you will see what i have from their.

2006-07-30T05:47:00.000-07:00

The girls getting busy on sewing while geting instructions from peter their teacher

2006-07-30T05:42:00.000-07:00

The girls togather with peter their teacher wanted to have a foto in front of the nice water tank...

2006-07-30T05:35:00.000-07:00

The pearls of uganda vocational trining center girls finally use the new built water tank which was donated to us from Horizont 3000 Thanx to Horizont for the clean water we have now.

2006-07-22T02:28:00.000-07:00

These girls after a hard days work they always wind up their day with a song of praise to God ...

2006-07-22T02:18:00.000-07:00

we hope to use this land for many things once the resources are available the girls could finally get a place they call their own for a wide range of activites our dear friend Dick has been busy on plan we hope all goes well..everyone is welcome for any help that will turn this piece of land into a reality....

2006-07-22T02:09:00.000-07:00

IT was time to get a charcoal iron box to iron the shirt that christine had just made being the best students means everything you see on this blog iam Saying good luck these students as they study

2006-07-20T02:00:00.000-07:00

This image was taken yesterday the girls are so busy these days pearls of uganda team is happy to be a part of helping these girls have a bright future with a vocational skill that will never erase.....
Every one is welcome to this cause

2006-07-20T01:55:00.000-07:00

the water tank is getting ready to finishing it is and will be of a great use to the girls and the entire project thanx again to horizont for the provision .