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Welcome! to the U Factor 08

by theufactor @ 2008-07-01 - 12:44:55

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Hi everyone,

This is the beginning of my blog for the ALL AGE - U Factor 08 Team - trip to Uganda.
A team of 27 people made up from volunteers, families & sponsors to Soroti in Uganda including 6 young people aged between 12-18 yrs.
(with Global Care Children's charity - see globalcare.org.uk for more info on the charity)

We have just completed the training day for the trip on 28th June. There was alot of information to take onboard from the day including customs, culture & clothing, along with very important information like child protection policies, risk assesments and hostage policies! (the last one is a little unnerving!)

So now we have signed our lives away, we can look forward to the 13 day trip on 22nd October this year.

Our next milestone is 30th September for our final deposit for the trip! please pray for us all as we try to raise funds for this so we can go and support Global Care's work out there!

We are going to be part of select teams which have been created to fulfil the need over there at the projects in Soroti, Uganda.

They are -
Aids Research Team
School/Children's Activities Team
Video Production Team
Logistics Team
Admin/IT Team
Building Team

As you will have noticed we will be filming the entire trip for a documentary we are producing in order to raise awareness of Global Care's work in Uganda but mainly to use for fundraising to show at events, local churches and community groups.

The aims of the trip are as follows -
- to produce a professional DVD (perhaps even several) for Global Care for use in fundraising
- to support the work whilst being over there at our various projects
- to create an environment where our team members (including 6 young people) can experience a life different to our western lifestyle and challenges and create an appreciation for what we have here
- to celebrate our 25th Anniversary during the trip (where Global Care started, all those years ago!)
- to give our sponsors a chance to meet their sponsored children and see the impact that sponsoring makes in the lives of the children - to make the world of difference, one child at a time.

Keep checking back for more U Factor updates!


 
 

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ankur [Visitor]
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2008-07-02 @ 09:26

peoples need to be more and more aware to help these undeveloped countries . Good work.

DENWAR1DENWAR1 [Member]
2008-08-29 @ 22:32

as the time gets closer i am getting motre nerves. but t the same time i know god lads my steps, so i dont worry so much.

DENWAR1DENWAR1 [Member]
2008-08-30 @ 20:56

i have started a sort of book to explian to others why i have got myself intrested in Global Care,
I could make a lot of remarks about walls that have been trown in my way, but god must have had a reason why all these problems croped up, but as time gets nearer i am climbing them and seeing the light ahead, so i can only hope the same gausdian will be looking after me while i am away.
the book will be with me and day to day will be filled in, true remarks will be made, so will give me some thing to look back on when i come back and ass i get older.
i must say only picked peeople will read it, s when i am tired and lonely, even though i am with lovely people, remarks will be wrote to make me fel better that should not be heard, aas i have found this a great sort of comfort when i hae been away other times.
so deep down i look forward to helping people who are poorer than myself.
I do find the remarks from people i work with and at home no help to me over the problems i may face, i wish people would understand why i want to go over to work with or for the children.
aam i jut thick, or is it other people live a soft life.
Yes i dont know how i will be effected when i return, but it would be nice to go away and have more than two people wishing me luck, apart from the church people of Brandon and Elvet, plus durham St Nicks.
thank you to the people who have said a pray over me, I AM NOT THAT WELL INTO CHURCH, but i get comfort from the church while i am there, that means some thing to me.

DENWAR1DENWAR1 [Member]
2008-09-02 @ 23:22

At this point i wish to thank all the people, church people and none church people who have helped me,
The Brandon church, Peter Hall who has helped me so much to raise the money, Sandra Burnip who started me back on the road which i left years ago, but im not like sandra, she was well and truly in to the church, I go for peace and comfort and the church gives me that, Yes i have a bible and yes it goes with me some times, but my comfort does not come from the reading of it, but just having it around me.and thank you to all the peole who signed my bible, and lefft me a message with meaning, also to the people who wrote good wishes for me going away, it will be nice to read them on the lonly nights.
I wish to thank the spiritualist church for the help to raise money for train,bus fares and the medical bag i need, and the net pack which they also bought, it was a big help.
Also to all the people in Brandon church for helping me and Sandra when i first started off on this course,
I want to thank my company for there help in allowing me time off when i needed it so much, that meant a lot to me, sorry to say more time needed ha ha haa, hope you will be just as kind to me.
A thank you to my family for putting up with me going on and on and on about Global Care, now leets see some cash, family please, ha ha ha ha ha
Mostly Margterr and Claire who haave had a lot to put up with from me, both being upset when i have worked so hard and got tired, but mostly when needed for being there for me.
Margret on the phone all hours when low with wondering if money would be there, Claire on mobile day after day talking to me to help me over the hills i had to climb. like markret she had her hands full, thank you Adrian for letting her talk to me so much. and Abigail for lettting me take her mams spare time so much.
Then Sandra at the start of all this when the bug to work with Global care hit me, and boy did it hit me.
Many more to thank, but others want computer so have to go. sorry if i missed you out.
Take care all , and GOD bless.

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