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Pencils for Uganda

Thanks for the Pencils

Now that we know the five containers of donated goods have arrived safely in Uganda, Marion Stagg, Secretary to the Uganda 2000 Expedition has revealed her story.

In all Marion collected over 80,000 pencils mostly because of the generosity of four British companies. The Directors and Managers of these companies could hardly be expected to know what the gift of a pencil has meant to children in schools throughout Uganda.

Most of the pencils were put into the containers which have now arrived in Uganda but she did keep back just one box of 600 pens and pencils which she took to Uganda this summer. Her intention was to present the box personally to a special school which she had visited earlier that year but her Service Crew duties took her to Mbarara - nearly 300 miles away.

So, the duty of delivery of this special cargo was given to Contingent Leader, Eric Goulding. On Thursday 17 August Eric and his wife Marie arrived in Apac at the Ikwera Negri School for the Disabled and were met by Head Teacher Sister Agnes.

Some little time after Marion returned to the UK she received a letter from Sister Agnes thanking her for the gift. It turned out that the pencils had arrived at a most opportune time as they were just about to sit for their end of term exams!

We hope to hear more of the other pencils and the other resources now being unpacked and distributed in Uganda.

Our special thanks to:

Mr Hans Laubis MD Hainenko Ltd 284 Chase Road London N14 6HF	Mr Rod Duncan Dir Prodir Ltd 7 Oldmeadow Road Kings Lynn Norfolk PE30 4JJ
Mr Geoff Making Dep MD Pentel (Stationery)Ltd Hunts Rise South Marston Park Swindon Wilts SN3 4TW	Mr John Evans MD Staedtler UK Ltd Cowbridge Road Pontyclun Mid Glamorgan Wales CF7 8YJ

Here are a couple of photographs taken at the time of the presentation.

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