My little jaunt to Uganda-ish

My last post for January! Can you believe one month of 2013 is done & gone?!  In a bit of brief housekeeping, I have 2 more ‘When God Speaks’ guests post coming up in addition to a slew of new content I’m working on as I invite you alongside me to live purposefully, gracefully & beautifully.  In other words, yes, I plan to do more than just invite guest posters & advocacy posts in 2013! In fact, I have BIG plans for you…mu hu ha ha ha! Not really, but for-reals stay tuned for the upcoming Weight Watcher’s reveal, and other pearl clasping moments.  Until then, a call to look purposefully at the vulnerable. {Apologies in advance, could NOT figure out the wacko formatting on this post}

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Alongside my lovely Global Team of 200/Social Good Mom’s we are spotlighting a fantastic organization, Shanti Uganda which improves infant and maternal health, provides safe women-centered care and supports the well-being of birthing mothers and women living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda.

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Shanti Uganda has assisted in bringing 113 new lives into the world safely and peacefully, tested over 400 mothers and partners for HIV and other STIs, provided 1000 antenatal care appointments and run a weekly infant immunization and family planning program. Now they need to expand their services to meet the increasing needs of the community.

We visited the beautiful Lake Victoria, below, which borders Uganda.  We also took in a few other landmarks Kenya & Uganda share.  It was Uganda-ish.  It is unlikely I’ll ever forget all I saw and experienced that summer.  I’m still rooting for them.  And the vulnerable has my heart, in big part, thanks to that fateful trip.

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That is why I appreciate Shanti Uganda’s vision & mission so completely.  Shanti Uganda promotes locally initiated projects to build solidarity and ownership.  Their on-the-ground work is done by the local communities as they promote respect for the earth & long-term sustainability for generations to come.  There isn’t a better model than that when you look at organizations that have succeeded in bringing long-term solutions to challenging places.

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• Purchase an acre of land
• Provide social power for the birth house
• Provide medical supplies & emergency transport for deliveries
• Provide a place for Shanti Uganda

If you can help, do.

 You can learn more about Shanti Uganda  on their website, on Facebook or  Twitter.

                                                                                                                           Image Credit here & here.

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