Over the past few weeks our campus has been livelier than almost ever before. A group of 16 young adults from Cologne spent just under two weeks at PMCO Uganda and during that time became an integral part of our everyday life.
Alongside our staff, they worked in many different areas. They ran creative programmes with the children, supported lessons, led games and sports activities, organised times of worship and devotions, and spent countless hours building relationships with the children. Others helped with practical work on campus, brightened up play areas, built a new road, helped with improvements to the grounds, planted new trees and bushes and lent a hand wherever help was needed.
There was also a particular focus on learning from one another. This offered valuable insights into everyday life in Uganda, our culture and our work. Joint home visits to the families of our children were also on the programme.
For our children, these days were a real highlight. There was laughing, singing, dancing, playing and learning. Friendships formed despite different cultures and languages, and the children experienced in a very practical way that people from different parts of the world see them, value them and invest in them.
For our team, too, these two weeks were a great encouragement. Encounters like these remind us how valuable international partnerships are. When people from different backgrounds bring their gifts together and serve side by side, something special emerges: mutual encouragement, new perspectives and a visible sign that we are part of a worldwide community.
We thank every single member of the team for the commitment, openness and love they showed our children and staff. You have left a mark that reaches far beyond these two weeks.
