Jim had a down day today after our long journey to Kassanda. As many of you know, Jim has a neuro-muscular disease that is slowly incapacitating him. He's been a trouper so far but he needed some down time today. I took that opportunity to get a jump start on paying school fees. Tomorrow (Tuesday) is a national holiday so all the banks will be closed.
Those of you who follow the Project know that our main focus as an organization is sponsorship of children to go to public/private school. We have just under 300 students in 86 schools in the areas around Kampala, Kassanga, Jinga and Mpigi. Just over a third of those students receives a bank slip form (in triplicate) to bring to the local bank for fee payment. We collect those bank slips and go to each bank to pay fees. The lines are long and you can only pay for two or three students each time you reach the teller. Once you pay those fees, you turn around and get back in line and do it again. I spent the better part of the afternoon yesterday in just one bank! For those students who do not receive a bank slip, we pay for them at their local school. That will be Jim's task for the next five weeks after I depart.
Today we head for Jinga to distribute another 100 pairs of shoes. I'm looking forward to it!
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