After over a year off from school, due to COVID-19 (duh), the Kassanda Seed School kids are excited to head back to school! Getting an education has always been the #1 concern of our little students and their families and they have been coming to the grounds of the school almost every day just to … Read more
So, from the very beginning of this project, the question of mine (and others) that has always been in the back of my mind and sometimes waking me up at night is, “What happens when the trip is over and the school year is done? What will the kids do without your continued support?” It’s … Read more
When I was little, I went horseback riding with my cousins up near Grand Lake in Colorado. I asked for an old horse because I wanted to go slowly because I had no idea what I was doing. I admired my older cousins because they seemed so outdoorsy and comfortable around horses and I wanted … Read more
Hello everyone. Thank you again for sticking with us through this journey. We keep asking each other, “Do you think anyone is still reading these?” And then we get an encouraging email or text that confirms there are at least a few of you out there. 🙂 We are going to post a longer blog … Read more
We apologize for not posting this yesterday, but we were in a more remote area and our wifi router wouldn’t grab a signal. Today’s 65-kilometre ride was for Naginda Sylvia and Kirumira Augustine. There are only two days of riding left which is hard for me to fathom. Rain. wind. crocodiles. sun. cats. equator. dirt. … Read more
Today’s dusty but beautiful 75-kilometre ride was for Nanyonga Edith and Nanziri Viola. We have five kids left to ride for and then all fifty-four will have been represented. I hope you have had a chance to check out many of their stories on our website. We were so happy to wake up to relatively … Read more
It wasn’t raining when we woke up and stayed sunny all day. We are hoping for the same tomorrow when we leave to head back to Masaka. We ride about 38 kilometers, then take a ferry and then ride another 38 kms back to Masaka. If it’s raining, it’s raining; there’s not much we can … Read more
We woke up to the familiar sound of waves crashing on the beach and I had to remind myself where I was. The sky was dark but the air was warm and it sounded like we were on the ocean. What comfort to have sounds from home. Breakfast was pancakes and sausages and Spanish omelettes … Read more
Today’s eighty-kilometre ride was for Nansubuga Brenda and Nankabirwa Vanessa. We are almost running out of kids to ride for so we must be nearing the end!! As we mentioned before, the various areas always highlight a natural resource. Today’s was palms. There were palm trees for the last 30 kms where workers were harvesting … Read more
Today’s 73 kilometre-ride into Masaka was for Kimujuni Gillian and Iga Simon Peter. It was all pavement with 3000 feet of climbing and the first ride I didn’t slather on the sunscreen for. I need to remember to wear some tomorrow. Ouch. John didn’t sleep well last night. Maybe it’s the knowledge that we stayed … Read more