New village construction nearing completion

It’s now one year since the construction of the new village started. What sounded like a myth is becoming a reality. The construction company will be handing over the village to SOS Children’s Village Gulu by the end of October 2008. They are currently working on the final touches. When they handover, it will take maybe one to two months to furnish the houses before we finally relocate. I see ourselves moving into the new village either in December or January next year.

The village really looks so good and a nice home for the children. “The children are lucky”, mentioned one visitor from Austria. Indeed, they are lucky. But it’s not only the children who are lucky, the community as well. When I move around Gulu town, I see nowadays several compounds being planted with grass the same way we have done in the new village. We have set an example for many people in the community to improve their livelihoods.

Besides the construction of the village, several activities are concurrently going on in preparation for the new village. They include recruiting new mother trainees and teachers for the kindergarten and admitting new children among others. The Gulu project is growing bigger and bigger. When we finally relocate to the new village, we shall embark on yet another episode of growing family trees.