31/12/2025 Looking back on 2025 Towards the end of this year I try to reflect on the adventures and challenges that came on my path in...

29/12/2025 Stuck in traffic for 12 hours 1- Kim wants to pick up her little brother Erwin from Entebbe airport. He is coming to visit for...

27/12/2025 Kim is stuck in the village because Hanna is ill 1- Kim receives gifts from the hospital staff.2- Hanna has malaria and measles.As a result,...

23/12/2025 The Bivamuntuyo Christmas Party 2025 Kim has been busy preparing for the Bivamuntuyo Christmas party 2025. Traditionally, there is a lot of food at the...

27/10/2025 Ajani is back in hospital We are back in the hospital with Ajani. After several operations to manage his hydrocephalus (waterhead) the doctors have not...

02/10/2025 Returning Home Back in Uganda after a 4 months adventure in the Netherlands. It was not easy to leave work and family behind and many...

18/09/2025 Promoting Bivamuntuyo in Nijmegen (the Netherlands) An event especially for women has been organised in Nijmegen:the Bewonder Walk. (Admire Walk)Female entrepreneurs will be showcasing what...

17/09/2025 40 years later – A meeting with my ballet teacher. One of my wishes was to meet the woman who believed in me and who...

 31/08/2025 On the last day of August, I was at a boot sale in Hoek van Holland with my dear friend Kim Elverding.We sold donated clothing...

29/08/2024 Kirabo Hanna Hope, you are a precious gift in our lives and today we celebrate your 5th birthday 🎉🎂🥳

24/08/2025 For the past three days, thanks to one of my sponsors,I have been working at Amsterdam Sail 2025.I was a hostess at the former radio...

17-08-2025  Rosah 18 years🥳, I can’t believe this little girl has grown up into a lovely lady who can’t wait to finish secondary schooland become a...

03/08/2025 Vlog #194 – More work to be done A garden market is held at camping ‘t Weergors in Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands.Bivamuntuyo has a stall...

22/07/2025 Vlog #193 – Work to be done On 29 June 2025, there was a flea market in Schiedam.During her stay in the Netherlands,Kim received a...

12/07/2025 Today I turn 45. I would have preferred to stay 44 forever,but unfortunately, life goes on and so another year is upon us. This morning...

11/05/2025 Vlog #191 – Off to the Netherlands Kim is going to the Netherlands for three months.She is not only there for pleasure, but also for...

02/11/2024 Vlog #187 – Wedding Bells on the Beach Kim sets off on an adventurous bus and train journey to Mombasa in Kenya.She is going to...

19/10/2024 Vlog #186 – Newborn Joy: Ajani Mitchel De eerste drie maanden in het leven van Ajani Mitchel.Hij was in een zak gevonden en werd naar...

12/10/2024 Vlog #185 – Practical training has started The practical training for the mothers has started.In the new school building, the mothers receive hairdressing and sewing...

25/09/2024 Baby found  On 6 July, this little boy was found in a bag on a coffee plantation… a newborn baby with the placenta still attached...

18/03/2024 – My girls – 💕 Sometimes you have those moments when you feel so proud, grateful and happy. 😊

14/12/2023 Vlog #178 – Make a dream come true Kim dreams of having her own Transport Van for Bivamuntuyo.She rents a Van and, together with nutrition...

29/04/2023 Vlog #176 – I am a little bit broken Kim is struggling mentally and physically.It is very busy on the farm, at the hospital andat...

15/04/2023 Vlog #175 – Expanding our rainwater harvesting In order to have enough water for the crops on the Bivmuntuyo landduring the dry season, the storage...

01/04/2023 Vlog #174 – I am having a real flashback A call from the local police.They are looking for temporary accommodation for a found baby.This brings...

10/02/2023 Babirye has passed her secondary school exams and we are very happy and proud.She gave me the opportunity to become a mother and watch her...

09/02/2023  Babirye, meanwhile, has already turned 18.This will be celebrated with a small party. Watch: Vlog #172 – Babi turns 18https://youtu.be/l_fv5KcX0Tk

12/11/2022 Cheerful flags for years of decorating! A beautiful, durable flag line made from colourful Ugandan fabrics. At Bivamuntuyo we are always trying to support the...

02/10/2022 We are overwhelmed by the amount of malnourished patients we have at the moment at the nutrition unit. Severely wasted children are referred from other...

01-01-2022 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...

10/10/2021 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...

15-07-2021 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...

#043 – 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....

29/04/2020 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...

31/01/2019 January usually starts with good intentions for the New Year. Healthier food, running 21 kilometres during this year’s Uganda marathon, accepting my body, making a...

17/01/2018 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...

11/07/2016 Tomorrow I turn 36, up to 40. The evening before your birthday used to be exciting…treating at school, putting on new clothes, receiving presents. As...

29-05-2016 UGANDA MARATHON – 5 June 2016 Hello, everyone, Next Sunday is the day, 10 km running for the department for malnourished children……strainend….. but I’m ready...

19/05/2016 The UGANDA MARATHON on 5 June 2016 Hello, everyone, Last June the marathon took place for the first time in Masaka. It was an initiative...

22/03/2016 So we are another month on. In the Netherlands we say “March is stirring its tail” and that’s the way it is here. A few...

07/03/2016 At the last minute …… but still too late for the January edition ……………….. One of my good intentions of the past two years has...

28-04-2014 Ester died, after three more days of waiting to see if she would make it, no miracle has happened. The news was texted while we...

25/04/2014 An unexpected night shift makes it possible for me to write again. Every day there are stories to tell through my head but time flies...

24/12/2013 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 out before...

29/08/2013 Busy, busy, busy………………….. It looks like the upcoming updates will be written mainly at night. Apparently that is the only time to write in peace...

29/03/2013 So, for the first time, a night shift in the hospital. Unfortunately we don’t have enough staff yet, so sometimes you have to jump in....

01/01/2013 Almost half past 12, New Year’s Eve, I am sitting in the kitchen with a cup of tea. It is quiet in the house, just...

17/10/2012 Hello, everyone, Busy, busy yes, even here in Uganda. I regularly say to western society that we don’t have time for each other, but life...

10/09/2012 Just one day… Just a day I would like to describe. A day that started at a quarter past five this morning. For the last...

12/08/2012 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 and to...

11/04/2012 It is April, April means flying to the Netherlands and celebrating Queen’s Day. A day I am always looking forward to, selling necklaces on the...

02/11/2011 Ola amigos, (Got Spanish friends visiting…..My Spanish is going forward by leaps and bounds ☺) Finally a new update after 7 months. With stunning views...

22/03/2011 In Kampala at the moment where it is raining, raining and raining. The traffic is totally disrupted and I just spent 2 hours in a...

06/12/2010 After half a year (part 2) I am way behind with my updates this is from September 2010… The Dutch organisation Be More has been...

01/07/2010 Hello, everyone, So there we are again six months later. Time flies and I couldn’t bring myself to write. A lot has happened and writing...

23/10/2009 A smile from a child………………………………. It rains the corrugated roofs get wet. We have water again. The rain falls almost every morning with buckets from...

20/09/2009 Hello, everyone, The dry season started a while ago and to our surprise it has even rained a few times, which is not really the...

16/06/2009 All people, time flies and my memory is going backwards. It has been three months since I wrote an update, so it is high time...

12/02/2009 Hello, everyone, My last report dates back to 2008, so it is high time we all knew all the ins and outs of Uganda in...

13/11/2008 People, I am deeply ashamed, I have not made myself heard for so long. Time just flies and I have had a sort of mini-crisis...

16/07/2008 Ojee ojee what is it again a while ago, that I have written an update, but so much happens in my life and I think...

23/04/2008 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...

12/02/2008 Yes, there we are again…I saw that my last report was written almost 2 months ago so it is high time for an update on...

10-12-2007 Hello, everyone, Yes, we are back, and where shall I start? A lot has happened again in the last two months, which is why it...

11/09/2007 On holiday….. Yes yes finally we are on holiday. Of course it was quite an entourage before putting all the toothbrushes, clothes, shoes, games, medicine...

06-08-2007 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 but...

29/05/2007 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 frog...

24-04-2007 Hello, folks, Be back in our little country because my girlfriend is getting married … and of course I have to be there. My heart...

04/04/2007 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...

12/02/2007 Hello hello, Again an update from this time sunny and hot but delicious Africa. Some rest and time for myself behind the computer. I am...

23/01/2007 Hello all dear people, Back on the road and a short trip to Thailand. Thailand was super cozy and it was very nice to see...

01/01/2007 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 (Helene)...

03/12/2006 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 because...

28/10/2006 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 getting...

14/10/2006 Olyatya, Finally, a message from Africa. I have arrived safely and feel completely at ease here. This is what I have wanted for years and...