One of the things I have been spending a lot of time and energy on over the past few month, and especially over the past few weeks, has been planning for our upcoming trip to Uganda. Unfortunately, Tomi will not be able to join us this year because she only gets 10 vacation days!!!
Last year, just four of us went for an "exploratory" trip. This year I am leading a team of 14 to experience some of the harsher realities of Uganda, and to teach educational seminars for the children in the LEAD Uganda Program (www.leaduganda.org). There are currently 75 kids in the program - former child soldiers, AIDS orphans, child laborers - who are now in some of the best schools in the country. The program is preparing them to become the future leaders of their own country.
Simply pumping foreign aid into developing countries is not a viable long term solution. Instead, the LEAD Uganda Program - Forefront has become a significant partner with the organization - equips gifted kids with the skills and abilites to forge a better future for the country.
It is quiet a challenge for me to plan and lead a trip of this caliber, but I am confident that it will be mutually beneficial for the students in the program as well as the people from Forefront coming on the trip. We will be in Uganda from August 18th to the 28th.
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