Stitch Uganda Together

The village of Bunabumali on the slopes of Mt. Elgon in southeastern Uganda, has a history of landslides. Over a thousand people have been killed in recent years, leaving many homeless. The Nakhokho family, who includes eight children of their own, adopted another 12 kids and created the Good Samaritan Orphan & Needy School.

Norman Nakhokho invited Stitch Uganda Together to the village to make hammocks that would provide beds. We brought sewing machines and fabric, and in a single day they made 20 hammocks. Hammocks are uncommon in Uganda. In fact, no one we met had ever seen a hammock.

Hammocks are useful for many reasons. In the rainy season, a person can stay clean and dry up off the ground. It is a comfortable, portable bed that can be rapped around you like a

cocoon, keeping biting bugs out, protecting from malaria. For the many suffering from AIDS, sleep is necessary to keep the immune system strong. Simply having a hammock for comforting rest can greatly increase a person quality of life, and we can give that to them.

We are seeking action heroes for our next project in Uganda, fall/winter 2009. We are going to plant gardens and make playgrounds in addition to sewing hammocks. Will you show up?

Action Hero Hammocks are currently being created by villagers in Bunabumali, and by Life in Africa, an artist collective in Kampala, Uganda, and you can buy one soon at www.ActionHeroNetwork.net! Every hammock purchased will enable us to give a hammock freely to a person in need.

http://www.actionheronetwork.net/uganda.html

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Uganda
• Hammock
• Action Hero Network
• Cory Richardson
• Stitch Uganda Together

[vieveo]

Cory this ROCKS so hard! Everything about this is so touching <3

[gbochi]

thank you Cory for posting this, it has made me much more interested by being able to see you and the children together, but the mother in the end, rocking her baby in the hammock..that was worth it all to me!

[haromztmzt]

Hola Cory, andas por todos lados, saludos desde Mazatlan Mexico. Se te extraña por aqui...

[BUNABUMALII]

thanks very much for the efforts and love towards bunabumai children and commu itty

[aman4peace]

its a tribute to have Norman to find me on face book I miss him very much as he has lighten the lives of his people there .. and trying to find funds to have the children and the adults to live a better lives it now I finnerly get to see and hear him from you tube he has helped to make peace there in Uganda

[Melyssaness3]

amazing!!

Hugs

Patty

[galactikcat]

this is beautiful and so inspiring! thank you!

[mikkaismycat]

An opus from the heart!

Shine on kindred spirit.

Robin in St. John's, NL

[Caroleeena]

Cor this is wonderful! I am smiling from ear to ear watching it. I so look forward to helping you with this project!!! Keep up the good work. You are a treasure. Truly.

[freespiritpurple]

So proud of you sweetness! ;)