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I have never blogged and am not sure about the etiquette. It looks easy when Joanna does it.

So, I just wanted to tell you all about a very happy moment that happened on Saturday. There is a little boy in a village in Uganda. I first met him in 2001. He was a strong healthy child but when he was 5 he cought polio from some water he drank. Over night he became very weak. When I met him in 2001 he was unable to walk. One side of his body was twisted, both his leg, foot and hand.

A friend of mine from England contacted me in 2003 when I was living in Uganda and asked if I knew of any child he could sponsor. I immediately thought of this boy. The sponsorship started and it made a big difference to the boy and his mum who is a widower. In 2006 my friend, became more and more interested in the life of the boy he sponsored and decided to give up his job in London and move to the village where his sponsored child lives. This village has no running water and no electricity. My friend decided to live there for 3 months and work at a local school as a volunter teacher. But his main aim was to take his sponsored child to physical therapy and help his family to help him with the physical therapy exercises. Every day he went and did the exercises with the boy. Then when the family were confident he went less frequently and they did the exercises with him. My friend still lives in Uganda but no longer in the village. I spoke to him on Saturday and he told me that the child he sponsors can walk. For 5 years he has not been able to walk and now he can. He still has a long way to go but this is just amazing.

All day I have been feeling like I am walking on air. How great that people come together and each does their part to make things better for those who cannot do it alone. Witnessing the reality of changed lives furthers my determination to stand with those children who need so much more than they currently have.