Emma Scullion

ActionAid UK Fundraiser
Uganda
emma.scullion@actionaid.org

I created this blog so that we would have a place to tell the story of how your generosity, ActionAid's know-how and the courage and hard work of people like Alfred are coming together to make a better future from an area with a horribly violent history.

Latest blogs

The new school here in Giriki is the first ever permanent structure in the area – but it represents more than class rooms, desks and chalk boards.The Government is taking over the running of the...
22 February 2012 I was thrilled to be invited to sit in on Alfred’s first official lesson. There was a real sense of excitement but the children were incredibly well behaved.The children of...
I have received an update from Festo Majinjach, my colleague in eastern Uganda who is managing the school build in Giriki. He reported:We have been experiencing heavy rains over the last three weeks...
Back in 2007, ActionAid asked their supporters to send money to help the first 200 families to return to Giriki. We told you that £523.17 would buy 27 iron sheets, 3kgs of roofing nails, assorted...
Anna with her son in front of her new house
We let the kids in Giriki loose with our cameras. We particularly liked this little bit of footage (filmed by Elijah Boye, 10), because the football was bought 2 years ago by ActionAid supporters,...
David and Betty filming
This was my fourth visit to Giriki and as we descended from Kapchorwa towards Giriki in the plain below we were hit by a startling dry heat. My four other visits have been hot but also rainy and very...
School children in Giriki
I wanted to help Alfred because I saw him struggling alone to teach these children. I saw them suffering. Alfred asked me and as I want my children to get a good education I thought it was my...
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