Friendraising in Copenhagen

A week has passed since Phibby and four members of the ugandan parliament arrived in Copenhagen - and many things has been done.

Firs and foremost Phibby has been collecting friends all over the city and telling them her story.

About how she is supporting 14 people in her own household in Kampala in Uganda.

Visiting the cancer department at the Rigshospitalet 

How she makes a living by selling books and knitting sweaters for school children. And of course about how she keeps working for her poeple in the villages around Tororo, trying to improve their lives: By educating orphans the two schools of Hands of Hope, by educating barefoot midwives, by trying to make doctors come to the rural areas to help people with their many medical problems. By microfinancing women in order to give them the possibility to start generating their own income. And of course by her basketball project which gives a lot of children joy in a life which otherwise consists mosly of hard work.

Every day for a week, Phibby and her MP's have been meeting with representatives from danish organizations like Action Aid (Mellemfolkelig Samvirke), Doctors without borders and the Cancer Society.

Making friends....

And at night organization of Lifelong Learning, SFOF, has been inviting friends and contacts to meet with her.

Phibby at a meeting at Lifelong Learning Organization
SFOF on March 22.  

We are really really hoping that this will be the beginning of a strong network between Hands of Hope and SFOF and that many more danes will be interested in helping Hands of Hope with their many projects: By helping us fundraise and by spreading the word.

Phibby explaining her projects at a meeting at
Lifelong Learning Organization
SFOF on March 22.