CROSSING CULTURES, FINDING FREEDOM
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UGANDA
GENERAL INFORMATION
INFORMATION FOR THOSE VISITING UGANDA, especially TESO
TRIBUTE to Rev Canon NAPHTALI OPWATA 1961-2024
CRISIS IN UGANDA 2021
COU SPEAKS OUT ABOUT MURDER VICTIM – BUT WHO?
FINAL PUSH FOR UGANDA PETITION
VICE News Video Report from UGANDA
INVESTIGATING WHY 80% OF SIGNATURES ARE MISSING ON UGANDA PETITION
“Why We Are Coming” by Yasin Kakande
Wednesday 12th May 2021 is a very sad day for Uganda.
“Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor.”
“DEFENDING THE DIGNITY OF OTHERS is never a lost cause whether you succeed or not.”
RULE OF LAW IN UGANDA
SLIGHT SHIFT IN UK’s ATTITUDE TO MUSEVENI – 22nd April 2021
BOBI WINE: “It drains you when you do the right thing”
UPDATE ON BOBI WINE’S VEHICLE
LISTEN TO UGANDANS
NEWS FROM BOBI WINE
STEP-BY-STEP WALKS for Peace and Justice for Uganda
BOBI WINE VISITS POLITICAL PRISONERS IN UGANDA – 28th March
VOTE RIGGING IN UGANDA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION – 27th March
MR PRESIDENT: NOW IS THE TIME TO TALK – 25th March
RELATIVES OF ABDUCTEES STILL SEEKING ANSWERS – 24th March
DARK POLITICAL CLOUD OVER UGANDA – 23rd March
15 YEAR OLD NEPHEW OF BOBI WINE ABDUCTED – 21st March
UK MINISTER FOR AFRICA ALLEGED TO HAVE CONLIFCT OF INTERESTS IN UGANDA
COMMONWEALTH and ITALY’S APPROVAL OF MUSEVENI – 21st March
REASONS WHY UGANDANS SIGNED THE PETITION
NEWS FROM UGANDA – February until 18th March 2021
LETTER FOR DOMINIC RAAB and UK MPs
LETTER TO BBC re LACK OF REPORTS from UGANDA
UK GOVERNMENT’S LACK OF RESPONSE TO UGANDA – 4th March
URGENT ACTION STILL NEEDED FOR UGANDA
THE WORLD STARTS TO WAKE UP TO ATROCITIES IN UGANDA
UPDATE ON INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES TO UGANDA CRISIS
PETITION SIGNING STARTS – slowly
UGANDA CAMPAIGN AND PETITION IS LAUNCHED
MORE REASONS WHY UGANDANS SIGNED THE PETITION
SIMPLE ACTION FOR UGANDA: WHAT YOU CAN DO
SAMPLE LETTER for UK MPs
UGANDA: ALLEGED VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS – 26th January
FACEBOOK CLOSES MUSEVENI’S ACCOUNT AND MANY OTHERS
IS ANYTHING WORTH DYING FOR IN UGANDA TODAY?
HOPE AND INSPIRATION IN UGANDA
REFLECTIONS ON PRAYING FOR UGANDA in the run-up to the Presidential Elections
PRAYER AND FASTING IN UGANDA
VISITS TO UGANDA
MY FINAL VISIT TO UGANDA December 2023-January 2024
WHERE IS HOME?
The First Week in Uganda
NEW YEAR
TESO VISIT continued (3rd and 4th January 2024)
4th and 5th January: Soroti, Oditel, Obalanga and Morungatuny
Saturday and Sunday, 6th and 7th January: Robert’s marriage and home
Uganda’s Wonderful Wildlife: January 8th-11th
Southwest to my childhood home of Mbarara: January 12th-14th
Lake Bunyonyi and Kabale: January 14th-16th
GORILLAS IN THE . . . . . . FOREST
Mgahinga and Lake Mutanda: January 18th-20th
2019 DIARY for 28th October to 27th November
2018 DIARY for 1st-29th November 2018
2017 SUMMARY AND PHOTOS of visit in April 2017
2017 DIARY for 6th APRIL to 4th MAY 2017
REFLECTIONS
“THE LEAST RACIST IS STILL RACIST”
“THE REASON FOR THE SEASON” – CHRISTMAS
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT RACE
BLACK AND BIASED IN BRITAIN by Richard Pain
BREAD OF LIFE – a reflection
UNHEARD CRIES
PATIENT TRUST by Teilhard de Chardin
GOD IS NOT IN CONTROL
Tomfoolery Poem (for a COVID-19 world)
AFTER COVID, WHAT NEXT? Petition to sign for change
THE WORLD MUST COME TOGETHER by Gorbachev
MOMENTUM FOR CHANGE
URGENT: WHAT NEXT AFTER COVID-19?
HAPPY EASTER
THERE IS NOTHING GOOD ABOUT THIS VIRUS, BUT ……
THE PROMISE OF A RAINBOW
LIVING AND SUFFERING AS A GLOBAL COMMUNITY
PLUNGE INTO DARKNESS
TRANSFORMATION AND NEW LIFE
AFTER KÅRE’S FUNERAL
ALL-MIGHTY OR ALL-VULNERABLE?
THE TRINITY IS UNIVERSAL
HOW RUBLEV’S ICON SHOWS US A WAY INTO THE TRINITY
GOD IS ALL AND GOD IS IN ALL
BEING A PEACEMAKER
ACHIEVING OUR DREAMS
LIGHT
PRAYING THROUGH BREATHING
GOD MOVING WITHIN – a felting picture
WHERE IS GOD?
I AM JUST A TINY GRAIN OF SAND
GOD IS MOVING WITHIN
“I DON’T BELIEVE IN GOD”
DARKNESS
PHOTOGRAPHY AND SPIRITUALITY
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND TIME AND ETERNITY
HAVE MERCY – ON SYRIAN REFUGEES AND ALL THOSE SUFFERING FROM CONFLICTS
HOLY GROUND (drawing only)
GOD IS AT THE CORE OF EACH ONE OF US
BREATH OF LIFE
CHRISTMAS 2017
MORE REFLECTIVE DRAWINGS done during 2017
THE CIRCLE OF LOVE
Reflecting back on Christmas 2024
“The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating”
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
PROLOGUE
INTRODUCTION – extracts
1. MY ANCESTORS
2. CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH (1944-1962)
3. EARLY ADULTHOOD (1963-1967)
OUTLINE OF CHAPTERS 4-9 (1967-1991)
OUTLINE OF CHAPTERS 10-15 (1991-2018)
16. TELL PEOPLE ……
EPILOGUE
NATURE
AMELIA AND GRAN’S NATURE BOOKS
Amelia and Gran’s First Nature Book – June 2017
The Seaside – Amelia and Gran’s Second Nature Book – July 2017
Amelia and Gran’s Third Nature Book
Amelia and Gran’s Fourth Nature Book
OUR GARDEN AND ITS WILDLIFE
ART AND CRAFTS
DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS
TEXTILES
My latest piece of artwork
MISCELLANEOUS
CHRISTMAS CRAFT ACTIVITY DAYS with the grandchildren
TRAVELS
BRAZIL photos – September 2017
CHILE – Sept/Oct 2017
CRETE – a Naturetrek holiday in spring 2018
NORWAY in the campervan – June 2018
GALLERY
PHOTOS OF TESO and elsewhere in Uganda
A PHOTO A DAY HELPS ……
UGANDA WILDLIFE PHOTOS
UGANDA’S ELECTIONS 2026
UGANDA’S ELECTIONS 2026: Passing From Bondage Into Freedom?
“AMID WORLD CHAOS, DON’T FORGET UGANDA”
ALARMING SITUATION IN UGANDA WITH ELECTIONS ON 15th JANUARY
HOLDING UGANDANS IN THE LIGHT at this critical time
HOW CORRUPTION WORKS IN UGANDA’S ELECTIONS
WHO CARES ABOUT DEMOCRACY?
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