Busega Scotland’s roving ambassador, Peter Hagenbuch, has been partying in the US while there on a business trip. Brown’s Chapel, in Crossville, heard about our 5-year celebrations and sent their congratulations to us from Tennessee in fine style.

This was followed by a Pow Wow, near Nashville. A Pow Wow being a gathering of Red Indian tribes for dancing, craft sales and to provide information about themselves. Representatives from the Choctaw tribe learnt about Busega Scotland and agreed to provide us with the most colourful picture so far (it is sure to intrigue the children at Mayega).

Many thanks to Peter for his unstinting support, and to our new American friends for their good wishes.

The date of the Big Mayega Party has been set for Saturday 16th November. The event will celebrate 5 years of Busega Scotland and the work at the Children’s Centre. It will be the culmination of the Busega Parties Project, that we expect to cover all seven continents and up to twenty countries.

The Mayega Party Planning Team consists of Christine and Busega Scotland staff; Pastor Gadlord Deuli (Project Leader), Julieth Godwin (Assistant Project Leader) and Kabula Peter (Secretary). Important items were discussed. The guest list, party games and, of course, the food to be served!
Young Golden, Julieth’s son ,  was supposed to chair the meeting but soon after it started he fell soundly asleep! Some meetings are really boring!

Happy Birthday Busega!

Best wishes from Paul, Vanessa, Jessica and Hugo. We live in Bedford, England, which has a huge river running through it with geese and swans. We have heard a lot about the great work Busega does through Paul’s Aunt Jenny. Hope you have a wonderful Mayega party.

Mayega Children’s Centre sends Greetings to the De Palma and Fairman families in Toronto and to Phil and Jannetta Vandenberg ,Canadian  Friends of Mayega Children’s Centre ,working in Mwanza. Have a great day.

Sheila McLarnon was on a spiritul retreat in North Wales where she gave a talk about Busega Scotland . Sheila has been a supporter of Busega Scotland since our beginnings! She visited the Mayega Children’s Centre for the first time earlier this year.

The photograph is of some sisters and the  extended family of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary .  The group support  justice and peace work in the UK and throughout the world. The lady giving the thumbs up is a nun who spent many years working in Africa.

They send Happy Birthday Greetings to Mayega.

Happy Birthday Busega. Best Wishes from John and Carolina ,at Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.

What a beautiful place for a party! Love the candle. Thanks you so much .

Busega Scotland

Happy Birthday Busega!

Best wishes from Jamie and Mai-anh and friends in Dakar, Senegal.

“We held a dinner to celebrate the Busega anniversary with some people who have chosen to come and live in this wonderful country from abroad . We are so happy living in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, working in diverse fields such as public health, business, translation and education, and collectively want to express our support for the great work that Busega Scotland has done and continues to do in Tanzania. We wish them all the best for the future.

The photo was taken in our apartment in a neighbourhood called “Mamelles” which is named after two large hills, one was a lighthouse on top (marking the Western most point of Africa) and one with the African Renaissance Monument, which is the tallest statue in Africa (seen in the 4th photo down). Dakar is a peninsula, surrounded by water on 3 sides, and so is a perfect place to live if you like beaches, which can be seen every evening either with fishing boats coming back from the sea or packed with football players or wrestlers.

I live there with my wife and I work in public health advocacy for a Senegalese NGO called Speak Up Africa, whereas my wife works remotely for a translation company. I came here 5 years ago with the intention of travelling but decided that Senegal was somewhere that I could spend a significant portion of my life, so I have been here ever since! Here are some photos of people and places in Dakar.”

Retired Lhanbryde Primary School teacher and Busega Scotland trustee, Jenny Wallen, will shortly travel to Tanzania. Jenny will be introducing staff and pupils at Mayega Primary to reading schemes provided by Lhanbryde. The books form a whole school curriculum in the structured learning of English. Fluency in the language opens so many doors for pupils in Tanzania.
The Moray school has been a longstanding supporter of Mayega.

We always enjoy feeding back to Lhanbryde pupils on the progress being made. The photo shows Christine and Depute Headteacher, Sandra Dean, at a recent assembly presentation.

Sandra is chair of the school’s Tanzania Committee, that involves pupils from all year groups. The connection helps Mayega Primary, and also Lhanbryde pupils, who get a glimpse of into the lives of their peers in a developing country.
Safe journey to Jenny and best wishes for a successful trip.

Try a sample of the questions below from the quiz at the Big Busega Party at the Qismat Tandoori in Elgin.

1.Which ‘great, grey-green greasy’ river rises in South Africa and flows into the Indian Ocean from Mozambique?
2.How old was Robert Mugabe when he died?
3.What effect is eating marula fruits said to have on elephants?
4.Who was the South African rugby captain when they won the world cup in 1995?
5.What is the collective noun for a group of zebra?
6.From what country does the Boxer dog originate?
7.The mass tourism trailblazer Thomas Cook was also a campaigner for what cause?
8.What is the second largest bird species by weight?
9.When was the UK Supreme Court established?
10. How many Emmy awards did Phoebe Waller-Bridge win this year?

Incredibly, Hilary Macrae got 17 out of 20,  for these and the other 10 questions. Albeit aided by a multiple choice answer sheet, Hilary  was rewarded by a very special prize. A “Goody Bag” with its contents all originating from Tanzania!

The Moray launch party of the Busega Parties Project has taken place. Seventy supporters crowded into the Qismat Tandoori restaurant in Elgin, to celebrate five years of Busega Scotland. It was a great night, with a quiz, raffle and superb food.

John and Christine offered thanks on behalf of our charity’s trustees, for the tremendous attendance and confidence shown in the work in Tanzania. Other important contributions were noted; Atif Ali and the Qismat staff, event ticket sellers, the main sponsor, Lees Wealth Management, and official photographer, Jordyn Nicol (who as well as taking super photos is a wizz with photoshop).

The total raised by the event was quite amazing (over £1700) and everyone went home happy, after sampling our celebration cake!