Just talked to Phibby on the phone. Called her to hear how Hands of Hope is doing these days. Turns out that things have been rather difficult since Phibby returned from Denmark.
When she came home to Tororo, electricity and water supply had been cut off at the office of Hands of Hope. They do not have money to pay the electricity bill so these days they are running the office without power. It goes without saying that this is not an easy task! They need a computer to run the logistics of their 12 projects and of course they also need light and so on to be able to work.
The situation very well illustrates the challenge of this kind of project: It is not easy - but possible - to raise funds for specific projects like cancer prevention or a health campaign. BUT: Raising funds for the daily expenses of an office is next to impossible.
Right now Phibby is knitting and selling sweaters in order to deal with these daily expenses. But it is difficult for her to make enough money out of knitting. So we are going to try to raise some funds in Denmark to help her run the office of Hands of Hope.
If we could find 20-30 people who would be willing to pay let's say 50-100 danish kroner a month for a year or two we could really make a big difference. This is the challenge we are going to take on now. Hope that we can make people join us!
