Cenzo Main and John Carney reach major personal milestones later this year. John is 65 on 23rd March and Cenzo is 60 on 30th March. What could be better than connecting the two birthdays with a sponsored walk for Busega Scotland? They are obviously too old for birthday presents!
The walk will be along the length of the iconic Speyside Way from Aviemore to Buckie, a total of 85 miles. That will be over a half-marathon length every day for 6 days – not bad for the golden oldies?
Training is about to start. Walk information will be on the website and circulated to supporters over the next while.
We are keen to see many friends joining in. Jenny Wallen has signed up for the whole walk, Peter Anderson also (probably) and Margaret Dickson may. Others will do days here and there. Please  contact John if you are interested in any way. email : busegascotland@gmail.com

Piped water has reached Mayega village for the first time this century! A pipe has been laid the last 5km and standpipes constructed. We received a video clip on 24th January showing a running tap. The pressure was low but the technicians are working on that.
Big congratulations must go to District Water Engineer Mohamed Yamlinga and his team, for all their hard work. The potential is there now to develop facilities in the Children’s Centre, school and village. Work is going on with the Rotary Club of Elgin to those ends. Volunteers, Arnold and Valerie Barrow are in Tanzania at present, with connecting the mains into the Centre on their work plan – subject to sufficient water pressure. After that, they will move on to arranging kitchen construction. Again, teamwork is bearing fruit.

The Baby Bundles project, conceived by volunteer Judy Campbell and based on the Scottish Baby Box, is going from strength to strength in Tanzania. While the project is part of Busega Scotland, it is so unique that work is underway to develop its own identity. John recently represented Judy at a presentation for HNC Visual Communication students at Moray College.
The students were presented with a brief for a Baby Bundles logo. The work will be carried out as if it were a commercial contract, giving the students experience in design and business standards. Thanks go to lecturer, Lynne Strachen, for supporting the project. The finalised logo should be available in April, by which time Judy will be back from Tanzania.
This is the third design project worked on jointly between Busega Scotland and Moray College. Our current logo came from another collaboration and Computer Aided Design students drew up plans for a guest house at Mayega (these are currently being converted to architectural drawings by CM Designs, who are very kind supporters of Busega Scotland).

A piped water for Mayega is getting closer. We were excited to receive this email from Mr Mohamed Yamlinga, District Water Engineer for Busega District:

‘We are expecting to test the water piped network (to Mayega) full of water on next Monday. The  work will be completed on the 9th  January 2018’.

How fantastic that will be. A water supply for the village will allow us to connect up the Children’s Centre, construct a kitchen and begin the vegetable garden.

At Mayega getting the children ready for the new school year is a major undertaking. School skirts, shorts and trousers are made locally. Shoe shopping is a rare event and takes time when you have many children!
The Mayega children were fortunate to get new rather than second hand shoes. School bags , exercise books and maths sets were also needed.

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