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12 november 2022 Cheerful flags for years of decorating! A beautiful, durable flag line made from colourful Ugandan fabrics. At Bivamuntuyo we are always trying to support...

2 October 2022 We are overwhelmed by the amount of malnourished patients we have at the moment at the nutrition unit. Severely wasted children are referred from...

Every year Bivamuntuyo organises a christmas lunch for all members to come and enjoy a big plate of local food and to have a good time together....

Rain, rain…… we invite you to come and shower our crops and fill up our tanks which have no drop left. On the Bivamuntuyo farm it’s a...

Pop the champaign! I have fantastic news! My birthday wish has come true. I am so grateful for all the heartwarming messages and donations we received. Thanks...

The “Tuku Tuku” Great thanks to our friends who donated this “Tuku Tuku” many, many years ago! It has been a great help for Bivamuntuyo. It saved...

Superheroes! Bivamuntuyo offers the “ambulance” boda pick-up to members of the community of 50 surrounding villages for emergency transport after closing time. We regularly receive phone calls...

Thursday 31 January 2019 January usually starts with good intentions for the New Year. Healthier food, running 21 kilometres during this year’s Uganda marathon, accepting my body,...

The new year has begun and, as every year, I intend to write regularly on my website. There is still plenty of life in the brewery here...

Monday 18 July 2016 Tomorrow I turn 36, up to 40. The evening before your birthday used to be exciting…treating at school, putting on new clothes, receiving...

Sunday 29 May 2016                                   UGANDA MARATHON – 5 June 2016 Hello, everyone, Next Sunday is the day, 10 km running for the department for malnourished children……strainend….. but...

Thursday 19 May 2016                               UGANDA MARATHON – 5 June 2016 Hello, everyone, Last June the marathon took place for the first time in Masaka. It was an...

Tuesday 22 march 2016 So we are another month on. In the Netherlands we say “March is stirring its tail” and that’s the way it is here....

Monday 7 March 2016. At the last minute …… but still too late for the January edition ……………….. One of my good intentions of the past two...

Monday 28 April 2014Ester died, after three more days of waiting to see if she would make it, no miracle has happened. The news was texted while...

Friday 25 April 2014 An unexpected night shift makes it possible for me to write again. Every day there are stories to tell through my head but...

Tuesday 24 december 2013 It’s 11 o’clock in the evening, this time I’m not sitting at the kitchen table writing letters… Luckily (almost) all of them went...

Thursday 29 august 2013 Busy, busy, busy………………….. It looks like the upcoming updates will be written mainly at night. Apparently that is the only time to write...

Friday 29 March 2013 So, for the first time, a night shift in the hospital. Unfortunately we don’t have enough staff yet, so sometimes you have to...

Tuesday 1 January 2013 Almost half past 12, New Year’s Eve, I am sitting in the kitchen with a cup of tea. It is quiet in the...

Wednesday 17 October 2012 Hello, everyone, Busy, busy yes, even here in Uganda. I regularly say to western society that we don’t have time for each other,...

Monday 10 September 2012 Just one day… Just a day I would like to describe. A day that started at a quarter past five this morning. For...

Sunday 12 august 2012 It is 11 o’clock in the evening, I’m sitting in the kitchen and I’m actually still puffing around to start up the computer...

Wednesday 11 April 2012 It is April, April means flying to the Netherlands and celebrating Queen’s Day. A day I am always looking forward to, selling necklaces...

Wednesday 2 November 2011 Ola amigos, (Got Spanish friends visiting…..My Spanish is going forward by leaps and bounds ☺) Finally a new update after 7 months. With...

Tuesday 22 March 2011 In Kampala at the moment where it is raining, raining and raining. The traffic is totally disrupted and I just spent 2 hours...

Monday 6 December 2010 After half a year (part 2) I am way behind with my updates this is from September 2010… The Dutch organisation Be More...

Thursday 1 July 2010 Hello, everyone, So there we are again six months later. Time flies and I couldn’t bring myself to write. A lot has happened...

Friday 23 October 2009 A smile from a child………………………………. It rains the corrugated roofs get wet. We have water again. The rain falls almost every morning with...

20 September 2009 Hello, everyone, The dry season started a while ago and to our surprise it has even rained a few times, which is not really...

16 June 2009 All people, time flies and my memory is going backwards. It has been three months since I wrote an update, so it is high...

12 February 2009 Hello, everyone, My last report dates back to 2008, so it is high time we all knew all the ins and outs of Uganda...

3 November 2008 People, I am deeply ashamed, I have not made myself heard for so long. Time just flies and I have had a sort of...

16 July 2008 Ojee ojee what is it again a while ago, that I have written an update, but so much happens in my life and I...

Hello hello, Yes, there we are again, back on the road. Yes yes everything is going slowly in Africa and I have adapted very well with this...

12 February 2008 Yes, there we are again… I saw that my last report was written almost 2 months ago so it is high time for an...

10 December 2007 Hello, everyone, Yes, we are back, and where shall I start? A lot has happened again in the last two months, which is why...

11 September 2007 On holiday….. Yes yes finally we are on holiday. Of course it was quite an entourage before putting all the toothbrushes, clothes, shoes, games,...

6 August 2007 Hello all dear treasures and holidaymakers in the Netherlands, Yes, I am still alive! I’m sorry I haven’t spoken to you for so long...

29 May 2007 4 weeks later……. So no time at all to write any more……sorry but of course we were running, running, flying again in our little...

4 April 2007 Hello, folks, Be back in our little country because my girlfriend is getting married … and of course I have to be there. My...

Osoegnesay oebalaba bas sebo nebas njabo (Welcome, ladies and gentlemen), It is not so long ago that I wrote my last report, but again so much has...

12 February 2007 Hello hello, Again an update from this time sunny and hot but delicious Africa. Some rest and time for myself behind the computer. I...

23 January 2007 Hello all dear people, Back on the road and a short trip to Thailand. Thailand was super cozy and it was very nice to...

1 January 2007 Hello, everyone, Here is an extra long edition (Christmas Special) from Bangkok…..You must think Bangkok….You flew over for a week to visit my girlfriend...

3 December 2006 Hello, everyone, Everything ok here….Have moved my mattress to the new dormitory of the boys and have been rather tired since then……..That is mainly...

28 October 2006 Olyotya all, It is raining……Dus enough time to send a message. Everything is going well here, generally the sun is shining and I am...

14 October 2006 Olyatya, Finally, a message from Africa. I have arrived safely and feel completely at ease here. This is what I have wanted for years...