It's Mother's Day ..... and the kids come to visit

On Mother’s Day you need:

- a nice cup of tea in bed ….. done

- some cards and greetings from your children ….. done

- the kids to visit ….. done, well sort of

Irene did have a couple of kids to come and visit her, but not the human kind. These were a couple of young goats which wandered in from the neighbour’s house. They took the opportunity to say hello to Irene, but then seemed more interested in the coffee cake that had been made. They didn’t get any and were soon sent home to their own mother.

There were more children visiting Potter’s Village Crisis Centre for Children this week. It was time for a team of Doctors from Mbarara to visit as part of the ‘Ours’ outreach work (Organised Useful Rehabilitation Services). This is their third visit and they saw between 20 and 30 children from the area with a variety of disabilities, including cerebral palsy, spina bifida and heart defects. Some of the medical conditions would have been routinely picked up and treated at an early stage in England but treatment is very difficult to get here. Even if available the parents don’t have the money needed t take the child to hospital 100 miles away.

The garden at Potter’s Village was also being prepared for planting – to the fascination of at least one of the residents!