Since the weekend, our van, which we use to take the children of Toro Babies Home to school, to transport the vegetables and fruits from our two farms to the city, to do the daily shopping for the whole home and to take our seriously ill children to the hospital in Kampala, has been on strike.The gears of the automatic transmission can no longer be changed. The old gearbox ... read more
Bye Bye, Trinah
Goodbye Trinah Today she went back to her family after staying with us for over 3 years! We love you and miss you already ... read more
Happy Birthday
Today we celebrated Miracle and Murungi’s 4th birthday, Grace’s 5th and Dorothy’s 19th birthday Happy birthday week! ... read more
Quarantine in Toro Babies Home
Directly after Christmas party on 22th December we got the notice, that Covid-19 even reached Toro Babies Home. Almost all volunteers and almost all mothers have been tested positive for Covid. The kids were not tested because of the costs. They all have had mild symtomps. Matron Betty and Accountant Joan are not infected. But in the meantime all antigen rapid tests are ... read more
Renovation Preparations
Together with Peter Painter, Plumber David and Accountant Joan, as well as Matron Betty, we started the renovation of the staff and office houses. Peter will be painting the ceiling in the Staff House after the carpenter fixes it as well as the outside of the Office House and Staff House. Josef Zimmermann will oversee the interior renovation of the Staff House in ... read more
Project Outlook 2022
Hiring a pediatric nurseIn order to recognize and treat health impairments more quickly and to provide our disabled children with even more intensive support and therapy, we would like to employ a Paediatric Nurse - initially on a part-time basis - who will regularly examine the children in accordance with the German preventive medical check-ups and digitally document the ... read more
