Board members Jeff Kaplan and Ted Huber led a group of Busoga Trust donors on a trip to Uganda in August. During their three days in Masindi the group visited 9 completed Busoga Trust water sources and helped with the installation of pumps at the Kisanja and Kifuruta I wells. Ted offered the following account of the visit:

“Ned Morgan and his team in Masindi are clearly doing a great job partnering with villagers to deliver clean water and improve sanitation and hygiene. We left with great respect for the work they are doing and a lot of confidence in their ability to keep delivering results with our donors’ funds. Seeing the difference in the water from the traditional open sources versus the water from the Busoga Trust America wells put the benefit of our work in clear focus. The Ugandans in the villages we visited welcomed us enthusiastically and were always appreciative of the leg up we’ve offered.

What sticks with me most from the visit is the professionalism and dedication of our staff, the warmth of the Ugandan people and of course the children. They seemed to be just everywhere and it was gratifying to see them drink clean water from our wells. At Kifuruta we installed a well less than 1k from the primary school which lacked access to any clean water. After we got the water flowing we broke in a few new soccer balls we had for the school. We held our own against the younger quicker Ugandans but ultimately lost the match on penalty kicks.”

The group wrapped up their Ugandan journey with four days at the Paara game lodge in Murchison Falls Park. The Park is just a few hours by car from Masindi on the north bank of the Nile river. The group saw many of Uganda’s amazing animals in their natural habitat on game drives and boat trips on the Nile. They also managed to log a few hours at the pool bar, watching the Hippos wallow in the Nile.

Here are a few of the pictures the group took during the journey.

A great article was recently written about BTA founder and board member, Ted Huber. Click here to read the full article online.