Merry Christmas 2017!

From all of us in Pursuit we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas!

Yard Sale

So last Saturday we had a yard sale at The Bridge Calvary Chapel, we had an amazing turn out and we look forward to doing another yard sale!

Celebrating a good harvest.

Despite bad weather and having to cut down most of our crops due to insects, we had a very good harvest! To celebrate we had some meat for supper and ordered Chinese takea

way. We order meat for special days and given the hard work we put in the last season the reward was well deserved!

 

Thank you Christopher Major and Joanne Pugh!

Thank you Christopher Major for your chess donations!
And thank you Joanne Pugh for your sewing threads and ribbons donation!

Rose and the Camel

Recently in Jinja there was the Agricultural show that comes every year. None of us really had the time to go this year so we missed most of the excitement, however Rose the lucky girl spotted camel riders passing our compound and asked if she could take a ride. This was her first time seeing and riding the camels.

   

Harvesting Beans

After drying the beans we collect them together and beat the beans out of their sacks 

After we remove the sacks we collect the beans to continue drying for 2 weeks then we wash the dirt off

One last time drying then and then they are ready for use

Harvesting Season

Despite the unsteady relationship with the weather we still got  a good harvest with the beans, mango's, peanuts and corn!

Thank you Summer from Sudan!

We would like to extend our thanks to Summer from Sudan for her kind donation of $50!

Shop and Market update! 27th June 2017

Market day is now starting at 2pm  on Tuesdays's and Saturday's, every 3 weeks we change the products on offer so don't miss out!

New products in the shop!

   

Happy Father's Day!

Market Day

From today, every Tuesday and Saturday in Bukaya, near Mama Pamela opposite Musana's buildings, Market day begins at 3pm. Come and enjoy a wide rage of products and connect with other small business partners!    

Emma

Would you like to experience being a Volunteer?

We are happy to announce that starting from the 1st of August, 2017, we are open to take on 2 volunteers! You can be with us for 3 months or even more if you wish!

We would provide you with accommodation and you will have the chance to learn new skills such as sewing, accountability, improving your English and so much more. Scared of coming alone? No problem, bring a friend eager for an adventure! For more details please contact us via email.

    

Donations for Term Two 2017

For term two of the school year, if you would like to get involved, there is 1,200,000/= which is about 300 euros or 340 dollars which needs to be paid. You can help us either by going to Kingfisher Safaris Resort, near Jinja and go for boat rides, or buy stuff from our shop opposite the Catholic Church in Bukaya. You could if you prefer to donate directly to us via mobile money (only can be done in Uganda), or bank transfer to PayPal or German bank. Contact us through Facebook or per email for more details.    

Back to School Items Discount

Look out it's the season of going back to school. Our shop in Bukaya opposite the Catholic Church is having discounts up to 50% starting from today the 23rd of May, until the 6th of June 2017. Some of the items are bags, bedding's and clothes. Hurry up before they run out! 

Ambiyo

Education System Uganda

The system of education in Uganda has a structure of;

• ·         Nursery/kindergarten: duration of three years
• ·         Primary education: duration of 7 years
• ·         Secondary education: duration of 6 years
• ·         Post-secondary education: duration of 3 to 5 years

The best possible mark pupils can achieve in primary level is a total of four, while the worst is a total of 36 (nine points for each subject, which means a fail).
Students with between four and 12 points pass the PLE with a first grade, or division one.
Those with scores between 13 and 23 get a second grade; 24 to 29 get a third grade, while those with 30 to 34 pass with a fourth grade.

Pupils who pass their PLE can progress to secondary school. This has two stages; the first four years, senior one (S1) to senior four (S4), constitute the O-level period. At the end of S4, students sit the second major national exams known as the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) or simply O-level examinations.

Students who pass their O-level exams may progress to A-levels or the Higher School Certificate (HSC). This lasts two years, S5 and S6, after which students sit for the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations, also known simply as A-levels. All these three annual national exams are sat between October and December.

Students who pass their A-levels may choose to progress to university, where they can study for degrees, or to other tertiary institutions that award diplomas and certificates. Some wealthier parents send their children to universities and colleges abroad.

Happy Mother's Day!

Update

In our Pigs4Education program we have recently purchased a female pig and attended a training in Kampala to gather more information for our Agricultural Farm. Harvest Money Expo, is a great way for people in the agricultural sector to come to together and evolve.

Lynn

Für 5 Monate war Lynn eine freiwillige bei uns. Es eine wunderschöne Zeit und wir werden sie sehr vermissen! Sie arbeitete viel mit den Kindern zusammen, die Kids liebten es Zeit mit ihr zu verbringen und hatten immer viel Spaß mit ihr! 

Die Videos in unserem YouTube Kanal sind von ihr produziert und dafür danken wir ihr! Obwohl es eine große Umstellung von Deutschland zu Uganda ist, hat sich Lynn schnell an unsere Kultur gewöhnt und nebenbei ihr Englisch verbessert! 

Sie kam mit jedem Menschen gut klar und hatte keine Angst etwas neues aus zu probieren wie in etwa graben im Garten oder Decken zu nähen. 

Dankeschön für alles und alles Gute für dein Studium!  

Thank you Amber!

We would like to thank Amber for her generous donation of books to our library!

 The kids are happy to receive new books to read and can't wait to get their hands on them.  

Amber is a Blogger and has her own YouTube channel. Anyone interested can look at her 

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMO8woGwIsD0Jlrwp5dbLA

Or her 

Blog and website: http://www.themilelongbookshelf.com/ 

You can also check out her Facebook page on:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/themilelongbookshelf/posts/?ref=page_internal

Fellow book lovers or writers have entire communities to themselves, happy readings! :)   

Thank you from Pigs 4 Education

Thank you Hayward Youth Academy with the baseball program for donating money to get us 2 male pigs. 

Thank you Dan and Cindy Reed, Pigs4Education for your donation! 

Pigs 4 Education

 Pursuit for Sanyu amongst its programs is a Children Education Sponsorship program where children are sponsored through nursery, primary and secondary school.

“Pig 4 Education" is one of our funding plans in the program, where you can donate a minimum of $50 that in turn buys us a piglet that in turn we sell off to sponsor a primary student through one term once the piglet has matured. For $150 we get three piglets that covers one term in a senior secondary school.

Agricultural Farm

Agricultural Farming:  

Our farms are spread within the area we are based and we have 4 staff members who work on them. We use more natural ways of chasing away unwanted bugs from the plants seeing as we have people who are allergic to the chemicals that are in the sprays. This program also generates most of our food and works closely with our Pre-Kitchen program.     

Happy International Women's Day

Lynn

So for five months we had Lynn, working as a volunteer. She was wonderful to have for five months and will be missed. Lynn worked closely with the kids, they loved to be around her and had great fun along the way.

The videos on our YouTube channel are thanks to her that we were able to get everything done on such short notice. While it was a big change as a German, Lynn adjusted quickly and along the way improved her English.

She got along well with everyone and wasn't afraid to try new things. Like learning how to sew and make blankets or digging in the garden. Lynn thank you for everything and we wish you all the best in your studies! 

   

New staff member

We would like to extend a very warm welcome to Abraham our Project manager.

Thank You

Thank you Private donor for the books donation, they will be put in the Pursuit for Sanyu Library and are reading books for our teenagers here.

 

Pre-kitchen

Our Pre-kitchen:

This is a new addition to our program and started June 2016. We have people who are allergic to the preservation chemicals found in most of the foods, therefore we create fresh and organic products such as tomato ketchup, tomato sauce, chilli sauce and burger spread. We are in the process of training a staff member and expanding our products. The program works closely with our Agricultural Farming program. We have a farm where all the ingredients are planted and harvested, if we have low season and do not get enough ingredients we then buy them fresh from other local farmers who use no chemicals.

PS Video

Piggery Farm Video

Agricultural Farm and Pre-kitchen Video

Education Video

Tailoring Workshop video

Lifestyle Video

Pursuit for Sanyu Video

Yes the Films are getting ready!!!!!!

New Year 2016-2017