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The
container despatched in August 2008
arrived safely in Soroti on 4th April
2009!!
See
pictures of those helping and benefiting
from the work of Friends of Teso (Uganda)
- CLICK HERE
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Our
purpose
 Friends of Teso (Uganda)
collects clothes for children and adults, books,
bedding, educational materials and practical
equipment such as sewing machines, bicycles,
wheelchairs and other mobility aids. We then send
these to Teso using money collected from our
fundraising activities. Friends of Teso is a
registered charity - No 1111413.
How it all began
 Friends of Teso (Uganda)
started as a result of the visit to Soroti in
Northern Uganda in May 2002 by a working party
from Bournemouth Deanery. The team was guest of
Charles, Bishop of Soroti and the people of his
Diocese. The original purpose was to build a
hostel for girls to enable them to study in
safety and to protect them from molestation and
the risk of Aids. This project is now almost
complete. CLICK
HERE for photographs of
completed hostel buildings from the website of
the Teso Development Trust.
 However, the team was
greatly saddened by the plight of the thousands
of people who were living in camps for displaced
people because of attacks on them and their homes
and the theft of their cattle by the Karamajong,
a tribe from north-east Uganda. Worse was to
follow from The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a
group who murdered many people and stole their
children to turn them into child soldiers and
slaves. See Human
Rights Watch report on conflict in Northern
Uganda - July 2003. The
security situation is improving but still very
fragile, and several hundreds of
thousands of people are still living in the
Internally Displaced Persons Camps.
What we have achieved so
far
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December
2002 -
Seven boxes of children's
clothes and three boxes of books were
sent to Soroti.
October
2003 - 7.5
tons of goods were sent by container via
the Christian African Relief Trust (CART),
an organisation based in Huddersfield.
October
2004 -
A 20 foot container of goods was
sent to Soroti, which was received with
great joy and appreciation in February
2005.
November
2005 - A
40 foot container of goods was despatched
to Soroti on 26th November 2005 and
arrived in Soroti on 22nd February 2006. CLICK HERE to
view the journey of this shipment. CLICK HERE to
read the response from Charles, Bishop of
Soroti.
August 2006
- A 40 foot
container of goods was despatched to
Soroti on 19th August 2006. It arrived in
Soroti in October 2006. CLICK HERE to
read the article from the Southampton
Echo about its despatch. CLICK HERE to
see photographs of the container being
opened in Soroti.
June 2007 - A
40 foot container of goods was despatched
to Soroti on 16th June 2007. It arrived
in Soroti in late September 2007. CLICK HERE to
see photographs of the container being
loaded.
October
2007 - A
40 foot container of goods was despatched
to Soroti on 13th October 2007. CLICK HERE to
see photographs of the container being
loaded.
August 2008
- A 40 foot
container of goods was despatched to
Soroti on 23th August 2008 and arrived in
Soroti on 4th April 2009. CLICK HERE to
see photographs of the container being
loaded.
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Our sources of support
 Our charity has several
sources of support. One is the original group
from Bournemouth Deanery, another is staff of
Hampshire Social Services together with their
families, friends and colleagues. In addition, we
are receiving increasing levels of help and
support from the residents of the villages of
Bishops Waltham and Swanmore in Hampshire,
England.
Many thanks to all who have
contributed. Can you help?
The
container despatched in August 2008
arrived safely in Soroti on 4th April
2009!!
See
pictures of those helping and benefiting
from the work of
Friends of Teso (Uganda) - CLICK HERE
Spring 2008
Newsletter (PDF
format) - CLICK HERE
Could take
a minute or two to download if you don't
have broadband (223KB)
(PDF files require
Adobe Reader - click HERE to
download - 16.4 MB).
Thanks to
Jenny Rose and friends for their 'Donate
a Pen to Uganda' appeal
- CLICK HERE
Test your
knowledge of Uganda with our online quiz
- CLICK HERE
Bishops
Waltham and Swanmore Notelets for sale
- CLICK HERE
See
Pictures of our 2006 Container Opened in
Soroti - CLICK HERE
Parachute
Jump for Friends of Teso - CLICK HERE
Thanks to
Pitter Commercials Ltd of West End,
Southampton for sponsorship of our 2006
shipment - CLICK HERE
Browse our
site archive
- CLICK HERE
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