Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Sr. Rose Muyinza
Yesterday morning, we lost a legend, a mother of all, a "sister act", the woman who worked tirelessly to make something of us, Sr. Rose Muyinza. She has been looking after orphaned and vulnerable children since 1971, when she founded Daughters of Charity. She started catering and decorating services, and a music, dance & drama group to raise school fees and other needs for us. She brought out the best in us, be it fashion, academics, dance, etc. She was 100% unconventional is a society that is so traditional. She always kept her vail on, a neatly pressed blue dress, and a nice pair of SAS shoes. She knew everything about everything - fashion, dance, constume design, music composition, cooking, pyschology, humor, etiquette, religion, faith, hope, evrything...! She has was the neatest eater I have encountered - with her British style - fork in the left and knife in the right. She was the most selfless person I know. She had a way with children that even now, you can tell who passed through Sr. Rose's care. I would not be who I am today if she had not taken me in. She brought out the best in me - she took a shy, timid, skinny chil, made her a leader, gave her the best she could, and let her fly. I am grateful for her. May her soul rest in peace!
Monday, June 22, 2009
Encouraged
Dear All,
I have just received a beautiful winter magazine from St. Alcuin featuring some excerpts from my blog. As you have all noticed, I have not been writing for while, and I am not pleased with myself. Reading these excerpts, I was encouraged to keep writing because even the simplest updates sounded very interesting more than a year later. I hope to be back in gear now. Thank you, Dr. Civello for sharing my experiences with the wonderful community of St. Alcuin.
Well, I am sure you remember me mentioning looking for land for our secondary school. We finally bought a beautiful piece 34km out of Kampala on Mityana Road. It is such site! It 's on a gently slopping hill with views of rolling hills in three different directions. Right below the hill on on of the sides is a forest reserve, which means we will always have a large green area to look at.
We took some of our children and American visitors/friends to see it this weekend. It was in the middle of the days and the equator sun seemed at its highest, but the breeze on that hill felt like it could cure the worst of pains. The children thought it would be a great learning environment. It is such a relief that we have this piece of land, and I am thankful for the donors that have made it possible. Designs for the school are underway, then we will launch our capital campaign. If you are interested in learning more about what we're doing, please visit http://www.empowerafricanchildren.org/.
The year is so far so good. I will write more soon.
I hope you're all doing well.
Love,
Agie
I have just received a beautiful winter magazine from St. Alcuin featuring some excerpts from my blog. As you have all noticed, I have not been writing for while, and I am not pleased with myself. Reading these excerpts, I was encouraged to keep writing because even the simplest updates sounded very interesting more than a year later. I hope to be back in gear now. Thank you, Dr. Civello for sharing my experiences with the wonderful community of St. Alcuin.
Well, I am sure you remember me mentioning looking for land for our secondary school. We finally bought a beautiful piece 34km out of Kampala on Mityana Road. It is such site! It 's on a gently slopping hill with views of rolling hills in three different directions. Right below the hill on on of the sides is a forest reserve, which means we will always have a large green area to look at.
We took some of our children and American visitors/friends to see it this weekend. It was in the middle of the days and the equator sun seemed at its highest, but the breeze on that hill felt like it could cure the worst of pains. The children thought it would be a great learning environment. It is such a relief that we have this piece of land, and I am thankful for the donors that have made it possible. Designs for the school are underway, then we will launch our capital campaign. If you are interested in learning more about what we're doing, please visit http://www.empowerafricanchildren.org/.
The year is so far so good. I will write more soon.
I hope you're all doing well.
Love,
Agie
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