Happy Days For the Needy Foundation
A trainer wearing gloves demonstrating soap making to a seated group
She measures the caustic soda while twenty pairs of eyes follow her hands. Skilling workshop · Uganda
A group gathered around a basin during a soap-making demonstration
The mixture thickens, and the room leans in. Skilling workshop · Uganda
A trainee stirring a mixture while others take notes
Notebooks out, sleeves up — the practical half of the lesson. Skilling workshop · Uganda
Two women pouring water into a drum during a training session
Measuring water by the jerrycan, exactly as the recipe requires. Skilling workshop · Uganda
Participants gathered closely around a basin during training
Every participant takes a turn at the basin. Skilling workshop · Uganda
A training session held beneath the foundation banner
Under the foundation banner, a trade is passed on. Skilling workshop · Uganda
A wide view of a mixed-age group attending a skills workshop
Mothers, grandmothers and children in the same class. Skilling workshop · Uganda
Participants writing notes during the theory part of a workshop
The theory first, then the basin. Skilling workshop · Uganda
A facilitator lifting a basin during preparations for a workshop
Equipment carried in, set up, and shared. Skilling workshop · Uganda
A facilitator carrying equipment past the foundation banner
Everything needed for the day, brought in by hand. Skilling workshop · Uganda
Foundation volunteers walking into a village carrying green parcels
The walk from the vehicle to the last house is the shortest part of the journey. Outreach day · Uganda
Volunteers and community members walking together carrying supplies
Team and family walking the same path. Outreach day · Uganda
A woman in a red dress carrying two supply bags along a path
She carries two, and does not slow down. Outreach day · Uganda
A community gathered around the foundation banner outdoors
The banner goes up, and the village gathers. Community gathering · Uganda
A smiling child carrying a food parcel on her head
She balanced it on her head and grinned the whole way home. Distribution day · Uganda
A young mother carrying a parcel on her head with a baby on her back
A parcel on her head, a baby on her back, and both hands still free. Distribution day · Uganda
Mothers and children seated together waiting for a session to begin
Waiting together, which is its own kind of company. Community centre · Uganda
Six team members holding the Happy Days for the Needy Foundation banner
Goal, vision and motto — held up by the people who carry them. Foundation event · Uganda
The foundation director speaking into a microphone
Opening the day, as she does every outreach. Foundation event · Uganda
Two volunteers in branded uniform standing on stage
Two volunteers, waiting for their turn to speak. Foundation event · Uganda
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