I think that today is a sad day for sport – Dwain Chambers and Peter Millar, two self-confessed drug cheats, have been cleared to represent their country in the Olympics. Certainly in Chambers case the cheating was long-term, premeditated and cynical…..and even when caught he…
Easier said than done? Well it is for me anyway. I’m a control freak……….and I think that sometimes serves me well. When we’re building, planning, budgeting and delivering the health, development, education and water projects that are our reason for being in Uganda then keeping…
…………………and I wish it was 5 more hours. Until I return to Uganda. This will have been the longest time by far (4 months) that I have been away from Uganda in the last few years. I miss my fiancee, I miss J10:10’s excellent staff,…
I went to my Mum and Dad’s grave on Saturday. Haven’t been for more than a year (possibly tw0!) and happened to be travelling fairly close by so I thought that I’d make a detour, clear up any mess and just try and honour them…
Owen is blessed. He was born to a very poor family, has a fairly chaotic family background (alcoholic parents, sister doing the mothering role, uncle to a younger girl whose Mum has abandoned her). Sound much like a blessing? Four years ago Owen’s life…
Chicken. matooke, ground nut sauce and potatoes – a veritable feast for 17 successful children. Praise you Lord. The first term for the village children of Kigazi who now live at the J10:10 house in Kabale and attend a top school in town is over….
In 10 days time it is ‘Pay It Forward Day 2012’. Don’t panic – I’d never heard of it either! But it’s really very simple and it doesn’t cost any money. It’s based on a very simple principle – if you do three random and…
Today is a VERY happy day for me and for J10:10. I’m celebrating NOW – and I’m writing this at 5.30am before driving 200 milesw to go boating with some of my siblings. Don’t ask – all you need to know is that however genetically improbable I have…
I read the following story in Dubai airport a week or so ago……..it’s shocking, upsetting and the reason why we are so committed to helping families in Uganda that are marginalised by poverty. A Pakistani boy who set himself on fire because his parents could not…
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. – Edmund Burke It’s a saying I quote often…..’When we meet him Jesus won’t ask, ‘What did you think? What did you say? What did you preach?’ He’ll ask,…