Another list which nobody asked for

Another trip around the sun and just so many feelings! Pandemic birthdays really hit different as you reflect on what survival has meant but also, hello existential crisis? Gratitude has (thankfully) taken the lead amongst all of the emotions. My reflections led me to a few things that have worked for me along the way, …

Thursday..

36 Originally posted on Thursday 6 April It is Thursday, my most 'predictable' day of the week because I am sure how it will end- with a 4040 meeting. I often schedule appointments around it..If anyone wants to have wedding meetings with me involved, I ask that Thursday isn't an option; if there is an …

Our first 4040 baby

21 Dear Penda, When your mama first told me she was expecting you, I laughed. She always has a joke up her sleeves so I didn't think she was serious. The drive home from Bugolobi got a little quiet and I started to wonder if she'd actually meant what she said. Before long, she started …

A mother’s heart

13 A few months after the 4040 journey had began, I received a call in the middle of the night. I was informed that one of the children at the home we were working with, had broken her leg. I panicked. I immediately ran to mum's room and told her. By this time, I was …

Breakfast with the Kids

11 Saturday mornings for a long period, during this 4040 journey meant one thing- #Breakfastwiththekids! I can't remember when we came up with the idea for it but those were some of the best days of my life. Breakfast being my favourite meal, generally, I can see how those weekends made me extra excited; hanging …

Celebrating Super Women

8 Women's day is here and I thought I would give a number of related stories about some of the women who have been on this journey from the beginning, from the middle and everywhere in between. I got to know *Belinda in 2012 though I knew of her earlier because we shared a mutual …

A disappointment, a loss and a Groom

7 One of our 800 event ideas was the Katale..which was basically a modified garage sale. This particular one came with an extra load of 'durama.' It started off pretty sane until it started raining hippos and elephants out of nowhere. We struggled to get things together. Suddenly, there was tear gas in Nakawa (the …

Falling in love

6 It was love at first sight that hot afternoon when I used my lunch break to visit the children's home in Kyebando for the first time. I had started a Facebook group, shared a plan and invited friends to spend their 40 days giving but I didn't even know the recipients. That afternoon, within …

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Can you sniff 2017? I know I can. Once I begin inhaling the fragrance of Christmas, the year’s end is often the next thought. Last night I was at a vigil when the mother called in tears. I could barely make out what she was saying but I quickly figured it was news of another …

I had a dream

Last year, we brainstormed during a meeting, out of ideas on whom to headline for Croak and Rhyme, 4040’s annual music fundraiser. The year before, we had surprised many, including ourselves and brought the legendary Maddox Sematimba as our main act. We needed to match up to our own expectations. “What about Sauti Sol?”  we …