Introduction God continues to do amazing things for us through people like you. Thank you for accepting to be used to alleviate the suffering and bringing a smile on the face of a once forgotten child in Uganda. Indeed hope never runs dry.   Children Our children continue to grow and also increase their participation in the home routine activities. We have introduced the big children to take care of their laundry every Saturday, and every evening they wash their stockings, panties and hankies. They have shown a lot of enthusiasm in doing the work. We are also making effort to find a balance between the school work and the home work and so far we seem to be coping very well.   Health The Health of our children has not been that bad, except for the eye and dental problems. However, these were taken to the specialists in town and were addressed successfully.  Malaria and cough has been manageable. In the course of the month we treated; Mariam, David Lucky, Nandudu, Gimono Sarah, Derrick, Betty Namutosi, Alphat Mutembeyi, Kainza Sarah and Namubi Mary.

School/Academics The School is progressing well and we are optimistic that the Internee Students from Nyondo Core PTC shall help us to further improve the quality of education and ensure good grades for all the children at the national examination that we hope they shall be sitting in November 2010.   Some of the school staff who were due for appraisal were successfully appraised and were confirmed in their positions. The promised salary increments were also implemented immediately. Gratitude to the GICF Board who made this possible   Two officials from the Ministry of Education visited the school to ascertain the records we filed with the Ministry. After the inspection, the two officers had a positive comment about the school and its infrastructure. They even advised us to meet the under Secretary in the ministry to help us to process the acquisition of the UNEB sitting centre number.   The School management committee also sat and deliberated on a number of issues that concern with improving the teaching environment. They also agreed to organize an open day as a means through which we can further promote the school in the neighborhood.   Farm work Despite the scarcity of rain, we have continued to open land in Namajje and plant Maize and rice in the swamp areas. We also made effort to grow potatoes and with the anticipated rain in October and November, we hope that this time around our crops shall survive. Our cows are doing well as is the piggery and we look forward to good production in the course of the year.

Staff Most of the staff have taken their annual leave. This month it was the turn of Enoch and Margret.  In the month under review, we had our staff meeting and solved many of our concerns in relation to performance and inter personal relationship.  To avoid burn out, ensure equity in work performance and to further improve the care given to the children, the four house mothers worked a time table where they agreed on all the home duties to accomplish every day. It also gave a weekend out for at least one mother every week   Construction work We have completed the third block of the school and we are now working to furnish it and make it habitable for the children and staff.   Work on the fence around the school is also to start early in the month of October. Because of too much bats, that have invaded the buildings, we are progressively changing the building ridges since we have discovered that the bats enter the buildings through the ridges. We hope that by rebuilding the ridges, there shall be no gaps through which the bats shall enter the buildings and make them smell bad and at the same time spoil the ceiling boards.   Children visitors Zurufa and Phiona, received visitors from their former families. They were happy to see how the girls have grown and continue to improve their grades at the school.

Notable visitors A Team of CDC Child counselor trainees from Tororo visited the home and were all grateful to God for what they saw. In the course of our interaction, we discussed how we shall resettle the children after 18 years and how we ensure that the children maintain the norms and culture of their families for continuity -- challenges we are currently handling.