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July 17, 2008

In October of this year, Colony’s Scott Robinson and his lovely wife, Sarah, will travel to Africa along with a small group of willing volunteers to work on the construction of a classroom for the young victims of war-torn Uganda. We asked Scott and Sarah to put in their own words what their hopes and aspirations were in regards to the trip. Below is their heartfelt message:

Living in a first-world country our whole life, we can become blind to the struggles of third-world countries. The battle to get from one day to the next is something most of us have never experienced. While we complain about the smallest problems, people in other places are fighting for their lives. Although there are many innocent people affected by AIDS, our attention has been caught by the children left without parents and, in some cases, forced to become soldiers. My wife, Sarah, has long had a vision to help in Africa, but only recently has this become our vision together. Through a friend we were introduced to Watoto Child Care Ministries and immediately knew this was our calling.

Over the past several months, what was once Sarah’s vision has become our reality. In October, we will be travelling to Kampala, Uganda to work with Watoto at one of their orphan villages.

Watoto is a church-based organization that cares for AIDS victims, war orphans, and widows. The Watoto goal is to raise the next generation of Ugandan leaders. This is accomplished by placing these children in families where unconditional love, spiritual discipleship, care, nurture, and the meeting of their physical needs take place.

This mission will be the construction of a classroom. Our team will work together with local Ugandan workers to accomplish this project.

If Uganda’s orphaned children touch your heart, and you want to help in some way, we welcome donations. As a registered charity, Watoto Canada will provide a tax receipt. The cost of the classroom alone is $17,000, which is over and above the cost of transportation.

Thank you for your support.

Scott and Sarah Robinson

All of us at Colony would like to thank Scott and Sarah for sharing with us, and we wish them good fortune on their endeavors to make the world a better place, one child at a time. If you have any interest or would just like more information, you can contact Watoto at www.watoto.com or Scott at srobinson@colonybuildings.com.

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Building Leaders
Posted by Colony Management on Thursday, July 17th, 2008

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