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Limited computing resources allocated from previous hosting plans kept me from populating redistributable, at the same time, useful items in spacious storage and spreading them over Internet with necessary bandwidth. Upon settlement on JustHost.com, my blog space got anonymous FTP facility with practically unlimited resource pool.

* this photo from http://www.iccf-holland.org/pict2007.html

I pushed one of those items, Kibaale Children's Centre - The Movie, onto this FTP area WWW archive. Original copy is available from link where individual DVD elements are downloadable one by one. My edition is a single ISO image burned with all the elements merged. For your convenience, I prepared 1GB-wise split copy of that ISO image, too. Upon download, you can optionally check validity against md5 checksum (md5sum). Pull then share the spirit of Kibaale Children's Centre!

"91 children are being sponsored in January 2008. That is six more than last year. This number is stable over the past years: some sponsors start, some drop out. The monthly income is about 1300 euro. Additionally there are quite a few sponsors that pay yearly. Hopefully we will be able to keep the income from sponsors at the same level in 2008. The income from the one-time donations is, considering the incidental nature, hard to predict. Nevertheless, we have seen a steady increase, mostly because new sources of income were found. We cannot predict if this will happen again the coming year."

Above is an excerpt from 2007 financial report of ICCF-Holland showing expectations for year 2008. I added a penny over the last two years (or more) in support of the projects in Uganda and their sustainability. The report marked slight revenue increase in year 2007 from VIM sponsoring and me. :) I could confirm that the project aimed at very low costs and had done it.

Born in 1940s, suffered from Korean War in her childhood, sacrificed to her family so far, and she now stands at twilight of her life. What she told me last night still rings in my ears. She had a plan to serve as a volunteer wherever a hand is needed. The start of volunteering would be irregular basis. She is dexterous in dress making. Sewing machine handling was one of skill sets that she had for livelihood. Tomorrow, she will start for KKottongnae to help the needy with what she can do for one day; sewing or whatever. She is my Mother! I will welcome her on her return tomorrow.