Who are ISIS? Are they:
1.
An Islamic terrorist organisation, or
2.
A charitable foundation funding Kiwoko Hospital’s
Maternity and HIV clinics for the past 10 years?
Because the answer is both, ISIS (the 2nd one) have recently
been getting funny looks. For example, when
they got their car insured in Uganda, they were asked ‘Do you want terrorism
cover included?”
They could have taken legal action against ISIS (the 1st
one) about breach of copyright, but decided this may not be a healthy thing to do. So, this week ISIS (the 2nd one) changed
their name to Adara.
As part of the communication of this Malcolm came across some staff making a video.
You can see the full video explaining the name change, and
the work of Adara on:
Not to be out-done, Malcolm is also making a video of the
work of the HIV clinic. This involves attending a range of clinics and visiting
some of the community work to take video of some of the 2,000 patients.
Malcolm himself almost felt hijacked this week. Not known
for his sporting prowess (another of his (very) hidden talents) he finds it a
bit unnerving living with those who regularly go jogging and other energetic activities.
This week, early morning, he innocently walked onto the verandah of his house
to discover a full scale ’30 minute workout with Davina”. Terrified, he had to go
back and lie down again.
To round things off, Santa has also been hijacked. Two weeks
ago we mentioned Father Christmas had visited Kiwoko Hospital. We are sorry to report that he must have
become a victim of the white slave trade. This week an imposter was discovered
by the hospital laboratory waiting for his test results.
(Editor’s note for our younger readers (i.e. younger than Malcolm,
which is all of you): Both these
characters are imposters – the ‘real’ Father Christmas is meant to come on
Christmas Eve – he is currently busy at work in Greenland, not Uganda. It’s just as well Santa is not known in
Uganda, as his outfit can be borrowed by children here like a coat to keep them warm, without
attracting any attention).
This week’s African Proverb from
the BBC’s website is from South Sudan: “A cowardly hyena lives longer but it suffers the most”.
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