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Donation Barrels

Once a year, we ship barrels full of useful items to the people at St. Catherine of Siena school in Anaka.

In 2014, we started collecting items that would benefit the school. The first set of barrels, “Making Their Dream Come True,” were sent by ship from New York City, across the Atlantic to Kenya, and finally to Kampala, the capital city of Uganda.  They continued their journey 7 hours north before arriving in the village of Olwiyo. This 3 month journey was worth the wait. The teachers and students were so happy to receive paper, pencils, books, learning aides, balls, etc. from their friends in the USA. 

 
 
 
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In 2015, our second set of barrels called the “Hot Feet” project collected and shipped 500 pairs of shoes to St. Catherine’s School, making many little feet very happy! The “Backpack” project in 2016 collected over 100 backpacks filled with school supplies/toys. In 2017, “Teacher Aide” barrels were filled with clothes, bed sheets, shoes, etc. for the teachers of SCS. Children clothing along with some Church related items and canes for the elderly arrived in June 2019. We are very grateful to our friends from Building A Bridge To Uganda for including our collected items of garden tools, children’s shoes, soccer balls, filing cabinets & walkers in their 2020-2023 shipments.