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Uganda; New start for the little poor family in Kigungu

3/23/2018

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NEW START…NEW LIFE…NEW YEAR
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​ASKEPOTT-HISTORIEN
Dette er historien om Askepott Juliet, den fattigste av dem alle i Kigungu. Hun gikk i søppelhaugene og lette etter mat til barna sine, hun bodde i et lite skur og hadde hverken mat eller klær til seg selv og barna.
Jeg bestemte meg for at jeg ville hjelpe henne til å få et bedre liv… permanent. Hva ville vell ikke gjøre situasjonen bedre enn å ha sitt eget sted uten husleie og med jord som kunne dyrkes?
Jeg startet den lange prosessen med land-kjøp. Først måtte jeg bli kjent med hele prosessen med hvordan en kjøper land i Uganda. Så måtte jeg finne ut av alle fellene…og dem er det mange av. Og det er nok av de historiene om folk som har kjøpt “luft”. Mange selger nemlig land som de ikke eier…ja, jeg ble også forsøkt lurt to ganger…
Jeg måtte også sette meg inn i hvordan vi kunne sette opp en kontrakt som var gyldig og som ikke tillot en ex-mann å komme tilbake og kreve å få overta eller være medeier i eiendommen. 
Det var en kronglete og lærerik vei, men til slutt fant vi et stort og flott stykke land med et lite 2-roms hus på, samt toalett.
Eiendommen ligger flott til med utsikt til Victoriasjøen og flyplassen. Det er en fruktbar eiendom med store trær med avocado, mango og jack-fruit.
Forrige helg drog jeg ned til Uganda og besokte dem. De flyttet inn i Januar, og siden den gang har Juliet dyrket mais og bonner, og hun har allerede hostet avocadoer som hun har solgt pa markedet.
De er alle sa utrolig glade for deres nye hus, deres nye eiendom, deres nye liv!

Tusen takk til Jorunn, Erling, Margrete, Vegar, Kristine, Anne-Kathrine, Ola, Kathrine, Siw, Hilde, Janicke, Camilla, Heidi Kraft og Inger Johanne som var med på å gjøre dette mulig!
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NEW START…NEW LIFE…NEW YEAR
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​The Cinderella story
This is the story of Cinderella Juliet, the poorest of them all in Kigungu. Every day she had to search in garbage bins for food for her children, she lived in a small shed and had neither food nor clothes for herself or the children.
She told me that when she went to bed in the evening she wished she would not wake up to another day of struggling to get food for her children.
I thought, “I can do something”! I decided to help her get a better life ... permanently.
What could be better than owning your own land with your own house?
I started the long process of land purchase. First, I had to get to know the whole process of buying a land in Uganda. Then I had to figure out all the traps ... and there are many of them. I have heard plenty of stories about people who have bought "air". Many sell properties that they do not own ... And yes, twice I had to back out of deals because it was not real land.
I also had to find out how we could set up a contract that was valid and did not allow any ex-husband to come back and claim to take over or be co-owner of the property.
It was a bumpy road but I learned a lot and in the end we found a large and beautiful piece of land with a little house and outhouse.
The property is so beautiful with a view to Lake Victoria. It is a fertile property with large trees; avocado, mango and jack fruit.
Last week I went down to Uganda from South Sudan to visit them, and Juliet has been working a lot on the property. She has planted beans and corn plants. She has already harvested avocados and sold at the marked.
They are all so happy about their new house, their new life!!!
Many thanks to Jorunn, Erling, Margrete, Vegar, Kristine, Anne-Kathrine, Ola, Kathrine, Siw, Hilde, Janicke, Camilla, Heidi Kraft og Inger Johanne who helped to make this possible!
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What happened to Juliet and her boys?

3/23/2018

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​FOR ENGLISH; SCROLL DOWN
So what happened to Juliet and her boys?
Ja, hva skjedde med Juliet og guttene hennes..?
Det siste du leste om gutta var hvordan Enocke og Ntabazi hadde det på skolen sin. (https://www.mountainvibs.com/blog/entebbe-childrens-wellfare-primary-school ) 
Jeg fortalte ogsaa at Juliet hadde fått penger til å kjøpe nye sko til alle gutta, men det stoppet ikke der. To gode venner Jorunn og Erling ble inspirert og donerte penger til dem. Jeg satt opp en liste og budsjett sammen med Juliet over hvilke klær de alle trengte, og hun fikk pengene og gikk på markedet sammen med sin søster Mastula. Det er nemlig ikke lurt at jeg handler noe for da tillegges hva jeg kaller “skin tax”. Det vil si at alt koster litt mer for de med min hudfarge. Helt ok spør du meg; vi tjener jo mere.
Så da var det opp til Juliet og Mastula og få så mye som mulig ut av pengene….og det gjorde de virkelig. De var noen kløppere til å prute og kom tilbake med alle klærne vi var blitt enige om, og i tillegg hadde Juliet kjøpt 30 små kyllinger, fôr til dem og vaksine til dem. Ikke nok med det…hun hadde også kjøpt mais-planter som hun dagen etter plantet på sin nye eiendom.
Ja, du leste riktig; NY EIENDOM.
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​What happened to Juliet and her boys?
Last time you read about this little family, I told you about how Enocke and Ntabazi was doing at their school (See the story here: https://www.mountainvibs.com/blog/entebbe-childrens-wellfare-primary-school )
I told you that Juliet got money to buy new shoes for the boys, but it didn't stop there. Two good friends of mine; Jorunn and Erling were so kind and donated money to this little family.
Together with Juliet I sat down and made a budget and a list of the clothes they all needed. She got the money and went to the market with her sister Mastula.
If I had gone shopping it would have been added what I call "skin tax" to all prices. That means everything costs a little more for those with my skin color. And if you ask me, that is totally fair as we tend to earn more.  
Then it was up to Juliet and Mastula to bargain and get as much as they could out of the money they got .... and they really did. They came back with all the clothes we had agreed upon, and in addition, Juliet bought 30 chickens, food for them and vaccination for them. She even managed to get corn plants that she planted on her new property the following day.
Yes, you read correctly; NEW PROPERTY.
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South Sudan; a peaceful evening

3/8/2018

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A PEACEFUL EVENING
I just wanted to share with you one of my peaceful evenings out in the village.
It is just so amazing to sit together with my friends and see life goes by...
The pictures speaks for them selves...., when I look at them I can feel the peaceful and the quiet atmosphere.
Mande is looking after her baby brother Risig and all the dogs are sleeping around them.
Two of my friends from the village are passing by in the sunset. They are coming back from one of their many trips down to the well, collecting water.
The sun is setting and giving the sky colors of hope for a safe night and a peaceful day tomorrow.
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Winter Memories from the North

3/6/2018

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TRAINING EX ICE MAIDEN
It is on high time I post my memories from the great training I did with the Ice Maidens last year.
And that is because I want to give them a huge CONGRATULATION on their achievement!!!

They managed to cross Antarctica!!!
The Ice Maiden team made their mark in the history books by becoming the first female team to ski across Antarctica cover 1,700km using muscle-power alone and with only two resupplies. After 61 days on the ice they skied from the 80th into the 79th degree and completed their epic Antarctic crossing. ​
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The Ice Maiden team are all serving in the British Army or Army Reserve.
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I remember first time I met the two initiators, Nat and Nicks.
We met at the airport in Oslo. They only had some few hours in between flights, but I knew it right away; they can do it!
I remember they were so humble and they asked me after we had talked for a bit; do you think it is realistic? Do you think we can do it?
My answer was clear; yes you can! 
I belived in them from day one, and now I am so proud of them!
I had the honor and privilege to be their instructor at their training and selection prior to their huge achievement.
We met twice for training in the northern part of Norway and we enjoyed great days in freezing cold, high wind and actually very little snow...but enough to walk for days without seeing anything but reindeer and some reindeer herders on their snowmobiles. 
We trained navigating in whiteout....well, not quite true as we used the black hours of the day as our "whiteout", we trained rescue from crevasses.... well, also not quite true as we didn't have any crevasses so we used some frozen waterfalls and some small snowy canyons. And we walked for hours and hours to train the efficiency in having breaks with all the tasks needed to be done in only 10 minutes and starting on time. We trained on setting camps and being efficient in our work in the tent and in the camps. And we trained all this small things that means so much when you are living in harsh conditions. 
...like using a pee funnel, melting snow in the most efficient way, repairing the stove and the sled and the tents, shoes, gloves,....
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They went from 22 girls to 4 (plus Nat and Nicks) and I had the privilege to get to know them all and to spend so great days together with them in the cold!
Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS to you!!!
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