First meeting with Julius, UgandAid's 500th Student
/Here' the interview from Feb 2015 when Julius first started at NVI. He is a lovely young man given an amazing opportunity to study and make a life for himself by sponsors through UgandAid.
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Previous blog and news posts
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March 2026
- Mar 3, 2026 Join the UgandAid family in sponsoring. Mar 3, 2026
- Mar 2, 2026 Monday 2nd March Mar 2, 2026
- Mar 2, 2026 Sunday 1st March Mar 2, 2026
- Mar 1, 2026 Saturday 28th February Mar 1, 2026
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February 2026
- Feb 27, 2026 Friday 27th February Feb 27, 2026
- Feb 26, 2026 1000th Student. Feb 26, 2026
- Feb 26, 2026 Thursday 26th February Feb 26, 2026
- Feb 25, 2026 Meeting 2nd and 3rd Year Students Feb 25, 2026
- Feb 25, 2026 Reflections on UgandAid group trip 2026 Wednesday 25th Feb Feb 25, 2026
- Feb 25, 2026 Tuesday 24th February Feb 25, 2026
- Feb 23, 2026 Monday 23rd February Feb 23, 2026
- Feb 23, 2026 The Joy of sponsorship. Feb 23, 2026
- Feb 22, 2026 Sunday 22nd February 2026 Feb 22, 2026
- Feb 21, 2026 Other exploits on our day off! Feb 21, 2026
- Feb 21, 2026 Saturday 21st February Feb 21, 2026
- Feb 20, 2026 Friday 20th February Feb 20, 2026
- Feb 19, 2026 Thursday 19th February Feb 19, 2026
- Feb 18, 2026 Wednesday 18th February Feb 18, 2026
- Feb 17, 2026 Tuesday 17th February Feb 17, 2026
- Feb 16, 2026 We've Arrived 🥳 Feb 16, 2026
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January 2026
- Jan 14, 2026 Uganda Visit 2026. Jan 14, 2026
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March 2025
- Mar 3, 2025 Day 14 03/03/25 (Brian) Mar 3, 2025
- Mar 3, 2025 Day 13 02/03/25 (Julie) Mar 3, 2025
- Mar 1, 2025 Day 12 01/03/25 (Alayna) Mar 1, 2025
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February 2025
- Feb 28, 2025 Day 11 28/02/25 (Dave H) Feb 28, 2025
- Feb 28, 2025 Day 10 27/02/25 (Peter) Feb 28, 2025
- Feb 26, 2025 Day 9 26/02/25 (Helen) Feb 26, 2025
- Feb 25, 2025 Day 8 25/02/25 (Steve Y) Feb 25, 2025
- Feb 24, 2025 Day 7 24/02/25 (Liam) Feb 24, 2025
- Feb 23, 2025 Day 6 23/02/25 (Janet) Feb 23, 2025
- Feb 23, 2025 Day 5 (Part 2) 22/02/25 (Dave K) Feb 23, 2025
- Feb 23, 2025 Day 5 (Part 1) - 22/02/25 (Ian) Feb 23, 2025
- Feb 21, 2025 Day 4 21/02/25 (Julie) Feb 21, 2025
- Feb 20, 2025 Day 3 20/02/25 (Alayna) Feb 20, 2025
- Feb 19, 2025 Day2 19/02/25 (Joan) Feb 19, 2025
- Feb 18, 2025 Day 1 18/02/25 (Brian) Feb 18, 2025
- Feb 10, 2025 UgandAid team visit 2025. Feb 10, 2025
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February 2024
- Feb 19, 2024 19/02/2024- On our way home Feb 19, 2024
- Feb 19, 2024 18/02/2024- Thought of the day Feb 19, 2024
- Feb 19, 2024 18/02/2024- Church & Alumni Party Feb 19, 2024
- Feb 19, 2024 17/02/2024- Thought of the day! Feb 19, 2024
- Feb 19, 2024 17/02/2024- And relax... (For a day!) Feb 19, 2024
- Feb 17, 2024 16/2/2024 - Thought of the day Feb 17, 2024
- Feb 17, 2024 16/2/2024 - Ugandaid class 2026/7 Feb 17, 2024
- Feb 16, 2024 15/2/2024 - CRO Feb 16, 2024
- Feb 16, 2024 15/2/2024 - A visit to St Moses Feb 16, 2024
- Feb 16, 2024 Thought of the day 15/2/2024 - A moment in time Feb 16, 2024
- Feb 15, 2024 14/2/2024 - Thought of the day Feb 15, 2024
- Feb 15, 2024 14/2/2024 - the village experience Feb 15, 2024
- Feb 15, 2024 Thought of the day - 12/2/2024 Feb 15, 2024
- Feb 14, 2024 13/2/2024 - A trip to the nursery Feb 14, 2024
- Feb 14, 2024 13/2/2024 - A little bit of everything Feb 14, 2024
- Feb 14, 2024 13/2/2024 - Thought of the day - James Julius Feb 14, 2024
- Feb 12, 2024 12/2/2024 - Nearly there!!! Decorating day and lots of extras Feb 12, 2024
- Feb 12, 2024 11/2/2024 - Sports Day!! Feb 12, 2024
- Feb 11, 2024 First Time in Uganda - Thought of the Day Feb 11, 2024
- Feb 11, 2024 Day 4 - “If you discover yourself today you’ll be a better and more influential person tomorrow" Feb 11, 2024
- Feb 10, 2024 Thought of the day - a new perspective Feb 10, 2024
- Feb 10, 2024 Day 3 - 10/2/2024 Feb 10, 2024
- Feb 9, 2024 'Just pray and get on with it' - A day 2 account Feb 9, 2024
- Feb 9, 2024 Thought of the day - Returning to Uganda Feb 9, 2024
- Feb 4, 2024 Team visit February 7-20th 2024 Feb 4, 2024
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March 2023
- Mar 11, 2023 Day 10 - Wednesday 8 March 2023 - Organised chaos and international sports Mar 11, 2023
- Mar 11, 2023 Day 8 - Monday 6 March 2023 - An active day off Mar 11, 2023
- Mar 11, 2023 Day 7 Sunday 5 March 2023 NVI service and afternoon cocktail party Mar 11, 2023
- Mar 11, 2023 Kiran's Tale Mar 11, 2023
- Mar 11, 2023 Day 6 - Saturday 4th March - Jinja Market Experience! Mar 11, 2023
- Mar 11, 2023 Days 4 and 5 - Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd March - Good progress made! Mar 11, 2023
- Mar 5, 2023 Day 3 Wednesday 1st March - Tour and Destruction Mar 5, 2023
- Mar 5, 2023 Day 2 Tuesday 28th Feb - Jewel on the Nile Mar 5, 2023
- Mar 5, 2023 Team 2 Day 1 - 27 February 2023 - Safe Arrival Mar 5, 2023
- Mar 1, 2023 Reflections (by Team 1) Mar 1, 2023
- Mar 1, 2023 Shoe Shine John! Mar 1, 2023
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February 2023
- Feb 28, 2023 Boda Boda Feb 28, 2023
- Feb 28, 2023 Fun in the Park Feb 28, 2023
- Feb 28, 2023 Rays of Hope Hospice Jinja by Gill Feb 28, 2023
- Feb 28, 2023 Team One leading NVI Sunday Service Feb 28, 2023
- Feb 28, 2023 Gospel Cross by Gill Feb 28, 2023
- Feb 28, 2023 Milby Primary School gift Feb 28, 2023
- Feb 25, 2023 Isaac's House Feb 25, 2023
- Feb 25, 2023 Official opening of the Rain Water Harvesting Feb 25, 2023
- Feb 25, 2023 Fields of Life visit by Alvin Feb 25, 2023
- Feb 25, 2023 Official opening of the Medical Centre at NVI Feb 25, 2023
- Feb 25, 2023 Meeting the new 2023 UgandAid students at NVI Feb 25, 2023
- Feb 25, 2023 Lucy's 19th birthday Feb 25, 2023
- Feb 25, 2023 Street Children Feb 25, 2023
- Feb 25, 2023 Walakuba East, Spire Road and St Moses schools Feb 25, 2023
- Feb 23, 2023 Isaac (by Geoff and Julie) Feb 23, 2023
- Feb 22, 2023 Marvellous masterpieces Feb 22, 2023
- Feb 22, 2023 Visit with Gospel Cross International Feb 22, 2023
- Feb 22, 2023 MVA gets kitted up! Feb 22, 2023
- Feb 21, 2023 Dr William (by Val) Feb 21, 2023
- Feb 21, 2023 Back to school! Feb 21, 2023
- Feb 21, 2023 Monday Funday Feb 21, 2023
- Feb 20, 2023 New UriNile Block (see what we did there?) Feb 20, 2023
- Feb 20, 2023 Our Super Sunday Services Feb 20, 2023
- Feb 20, 2023 UgandAid Gift Bag Preparation Station Feb 20, 2023
- Feb 19, 2023 Kayaking the Nile on a sunny afternoon! Feb 19, 2023
- Feb 17, 2023 Bubbles, balloons and books! Feb 17, 2023
- Feb 16, 2023 Paint no rest for the wicked! Feb 16, 2023
- Feb 15, 2023 Team One have arrived! Feb 15, 2023
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January 2023
- Jan 20, 2023 Uganda February 2023 - Blog Jan 20, 2023
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March 2020
- Mar 2, 2020 Geoff's shoes...the final chapter Mar 2, 2020
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February 2020
- Feb 29, 2020 Sports Day and Village Life Feb 29, 2020
- Feb 29, 2020 And they came bearing gifts.... Feb 29, 2020
- Feb 22, 2020 What a Day! Feb 22, 2020
- Feb 21, 2020 Slum Schools Feb 21, 2020
- Feb 19, 2020 Hospice Jinja Second Day Feb 19, 2020
- Feb 19, 2020 NVI Nursery Feb 19, 2020
- Feb 19, 2020 Macedonia Vision Africa Feb 19, 2020
- Feb 19, 2020 Yunisu's family home - another perspective Feb 19, 2020
- Feb 19, 2020 Day 9 – the first of the schools visits Feb 19, 2020
- Feb 18, 2020 Day 8 - The Day Off! Feb 18, 2020
- Feb 18, 2020 Yunisu's family home Feb 18, 2020
- Feb 18, 2020 Issac's Family Feb 18, 2020
- Feb 18, 2020 Hospice Jinja Feb 18, 2020
- Feb 17, 2020 Day 7 - Sunday Service and Games Galore! Feb 17, 2020
- Feb 17, 2020 Emily's weekend with RSK Uganda Feb 17, 2020
- Feb 15, 2020 Phil & Laurie’s Repair Story Feb 15, 2020
- Feb 15, 2020 Day 5 Feb 15, 2020
- Feb 14, 2020 Thought for the day: Steve Feb 14, 2020
- Feb 14, 2020 Day 4 Feb 14, 2020
- Feb 14, 2020 Geoff and Yunisu Feb 14, 2020
- Feb 13, 2020 Day 3 Feb 13, 2020
- Feb 13, 2020 First Experiences of Uganda Feb 13, 2020
- Feb 9, 2020 Team visit February 2020 Feb 9, 2020
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March 2019
- Mar 1, 2019 Our final Sunday Mar 1, 2019
- Mar 1, 2019 Saturday morning... visit to Isaac's house Mar 1, 2019
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February 2019
- Feb 27, 2019 Annie’s Spotlight Feb 27, 2019
- Feb 27, 2019 Julie H’s Spotlight Feb 27, 2019
- Feb 27, 2019 Laurie’s Spotlight Feb 27, 2019
- Feb 22, 2019 Helen and Gill's visit with Hospice Jinja Feb 22, 2019
- Feb 21, 2019 Julie C's Spotlight Feb 21, 2019
- Feb 21, 2019 Rachel's Spotlight Feb 21, 2019
- Feb 21, 2019 James' Spotlight Feb 21, 2019
- Feb 21, 2019 Millie's Spotlight Feb 21, 2019
- Feb 21, 2019 Stuart's Spotlight Feb 21, 2019
- Feb 21, 2019 Tuesday Feb 21, 2019
- Feb 21, 2019 Not such a manic Monday Feb 21, 2019
- Feb 21, 2019 Wonderful Weekend Feb 21, 2019
- Feb 20, 2019 Friday Feb 20, 2019
- Feb 16, 2019 Monday - Thursday of the 2019 trip! Feb 16, 2019
- Feb 9, 2019 Watch this space! Feb 9, 2019
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November 2018
- Nov 11, 2018 Yunusu's shoes Nov 11, 2018
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March 2018
- Mar 12, 2018 The final full day in Jinja Mar 12, 2018
- Mar 12, 2018 A visit to the Macedonian Vision Africa project in Masese Mar 12, 2018
- Mar 11, 2018 The Jinja Brass Band update Mar 11, 2018
- Mar 11, 2018 Phil's engine project Mar 11, 2018
- Mar 10, 2018 Masese and Broadheath schools' partnership Mar 10, 2018
- Mar 10, 2018 Past NVI student Simon's story Mar 10, 2018
- Mar 9, 2018 The grain storage project Mar 9, 2018
- Mar 9, 2018 More about Gospel Cross Mar 9, 2018
- Mar 9, 2018 The Nsenge village visit Mar 9, 2018
- Mar 8, 2018 The Hairdressing Project - Monday to Wednesday Mar 8, 2018
- Mar 6, 2018 Catching up with 2nd and 3rd year UgandAid students Mar 6, 2018
- Mar 6, 2018 The story of Mary Faith and her sponsors Mar 6, 2018
- Mar 6, 2018 Sunday Mar 6, 2018
- Mar 5, 2018 The Hairdressing Department Project Mar 5, 2018
- Mar 3, 2018 A UgandAid student's story Mar 3, 2018
- Mar 3, 2018 Nakibizzi Primary School visit with Gospel Cross Mar 3, 2018
- Mar 3, 2018 The decorating project Mar 3, 2018
- Mar 2, 2018 A visit to Masese School with Gospel Cross Mar 2, 2018
- Mar 2, 2018 Geoff and Julie's chance encounter Mar 2, 2018
- Mar 2, 2018 Kathy's Centre revisited Mar 2, 2018
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February 2018
- Feb 28, 2018 Emmanuel's story Feb 28, 2018
- Feb 28, 2018 Team 2 arrive Feb 28, 2018
- Feb 26, 2018 Day 13 - Worship service at NVI and Lunch at Jinja Yacht Club Feb 26, 2018
- Feb 25, 2018 Day 12 - Macedonian Vision Africa Project & Boat Trip Feb 25, 2018
- Feb 25, 2018 Day 11 - Crochet, Phonics Teaching, Meeting New Students and Games at NVI Feb 25, 2018
- Feb 25, 2018 Laurie's Spotlight Feb 25, 2018
- Feb 24, 2018 Eamonn's Spotlight Feb 24, 2018
- Feb 24, 2018 Jan's Spotlight Feb 24, 2018
- Feb 24, 2018 Day 10 - Walukuba East Primary School & Party in the Village Feb 24, 2018
- Feb 24, 2018 Stuart's Spotlight Feb 24, 2018
- Feb 22, 2018 Day 8 - NVI, Gospel Cross and Spire Road Primary School Feb 22, 2018
- Feb 22, 2018 Paul S's Spotlight Feb 22, 2018
- Feb 22, 2018 Ness' Spotlight Feb 22, 2018
- Feb 21, 2018 Richard's Spotlight Feb 21, 2018
- Feb 21, 2018 Angie's Spotlight Feb 21, 2018
- Feb 21, 2018 Sheila's Spotlight Feb 21, 2018
- Feb 21, 2018 Gill's Spotlight Feb 21, 2018
- Feb 21, 2018 Yvonne's Spotlight Feb 21, 2018
- Feb 21, 2018 Tony's Spotlight Feb 21, 2018
- Feb 21, 2018 Pauline's Spotlight Feb 21, 2018
- Feb 21, 2018 Phil's Spotlight Feb 21, 2018
- Feb 21, 2018 Paul G's Spotlight Feb 21, 2018
- Feb 21, 2018 Emily's Spotlight Feb 21, 2018
- Feb 20, 2018 Day 8 - The Village Feb 20, 2018
- Feb 20, 2018 Day 7 - Rafting and the Haven Feb 20, 2018
- Feb 19, 2018 Day 6 - Worship at NVI and Games at the Source Feb 19, 2018
- Feb 18, 2018 Day 5 - The Grand Finish Feb 18, 2018
- Feb 17, 2018 Day 4 The Big Gloss on a National Holiday Feb 17, 2018
- Feb 16, 2018 Feb 16, 2018
- Feb 16, 2018 Day 3 - More Hard Work at the NVI Feb 16, 2018
- Feb 15, 2018 Day 2 - Nile Vocational Institute Feb 15, 2018
- Feb 14, 2018 Ugandaid 2018 Journey Begins!! Feb 14, 2018
- Feb 6, 2018 2018 trip Feb 6, 2018
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February 2017
- Feb 22, 2017 Pot holes in the sky Feb 22, 2017
- Feb 22, 2017 Missing blog entry - Tuesday 14th Feb 22, 2017
- Feb 21, 2017 Moaning and groaning Feb 21, 2017
- Feb 20, 2017 Kingfishers and Fish Eagles Feb 20, 2017
- Feb 19, 2017 Stable doors Feb 19, 2017
- Feb 19, 2017 Netball in the rain Feb 19, 2017
- Feb 19, 2017 Jiggers and jigging Feb 19, 2017
- Feb 15, 2017 Premature baby unit, Jinja Hospital Feb 15, 2017
- Feb 15, 2017 Snakes and ladders Feb 15, 2017
- Feb 14, 2017 From Bridgewater to Nile water Feb 14, 2017
- Feb 13, 2017 Chicken, chicken, dog Feb 13, 2017
- Feb 12, 2017 Ultraviolet light Feb 12, 2017
- Feb 11, 2017 Friday Fish 'n' Chips Feb 11, 2017
- Feb 10, 2017 Man City V Man U Feb 10, 2017
- Feb 9, 2017 News from ex-students Feb 9, 2017
- Feb 8, 2017 M6 - the road of distant dreams Feb 8, 2017
- Feb 5, 2017 Apple Pie Feb 5, 2017
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January 2017
- Jan 22, 2017 Kathy's Centre Jan 22, 2017
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December 2016
- Dec 20, 2016 Village projects for February 2017 Dec 20, 2016
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November 2016
- Nov 6, 2016 NVI graduation 2016 Nov 6, 2016
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August 2016
- Aug 9, 2016 First meeting with Julius, UgandAid's 500th Student Aug 9, 2016
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April 2016
- Apr 10, 2016 Tawoda Julius James Apr 10, 2016