Local Committee makes plans

A Committee of twelve local people in Kasese have been meeting to plan for the future of the Kasese Street Kids Hostel. Three members are women, nine are men; all but two are Ugandans, and the other two are British missionaries. They represent various parts of the local community - the town Council, the Church, schools, orphanages, low-cost housing, and so on. Our Missionary contact, Alan, said they were "very diverse... a very strong group of people."
At the first meeting on 14th May they went to the site to view the building; they were very impressed and very vocal in their thanks to the donors for their contribution to the realisation of the vision. Alan said "It was particularly good to hear positive statements made for the use of this particular piece of land, as there had been doubt about its position so far from town."
The Chairman, Emmanuel Maate, was described to us by Alan as "A major asset to the SKILL Project" (SKILL is Street Kids Information and Training for Life - the name used for the Project in Kasese.) "He has knowledge of navigating the waters of project proposals and their implementation; he has also many useful contacts."
A brochure is to be sent to key people in the town to sensitise them to the project; these include key Council members and Community Officers, the Catholic and Anglican Bishops, the Muslim Imam, leaders of other denominations, the Health Department Head, Education Department Head, Chairman of Lions and of Rotary, and other NGOs.
They are planning an Event at the Centre on 1st August, with seats and food for 200 people, where the vision will be shared with all the guests, and pledge forms would be available for donations.