Today I mourn the loss of a great person and economist. Jim Andreoni has been a friend and mentor since the early 1990s. Jim was a Wisconsin kid through and through. Big heart, always friendly and wise, and one of the most caring people you will ever meet.
Professionally, Jim inspired us all across areas as diverse as charitable giving and GARP. At one point I was introducing Jim for a keynote and I simply pulled out my most recent working paper and showed the first page of the references. It was all Andreoni references. There was no more to say. We lost an intellectual giant today but more importantly we lost a great human being.
Jim, we will miss you deeply my friend.
MEET THE UCCF BOARD | Moses Echodu (@mechodu_), Executive Director & Board Secretary
Moses Echodu’s work for children with cancer is rooted in lived experience.
More than 25 years after receiving treatment for Burkitt lymphoma at the Uganda Cancer Institute, he leads the Uganda Child Cancer Foundation as Executive Director and serves as Board Secretary.
His advocacy spans school awareness programmes, Uganda’s National Cancer Control Plan and the steering committee for the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer Control in Uganda. A Mandela Washington Fellow and NCDI Poverty Network Fellow, he brings the survivor’s perspective into decisions about access and support.
His conviction: all children deserve access to cancer care and the opportunity to live a full, productive life.
Supporting @UCCF_Official.
Meet the full board and learn more about UCCF’s mission:
https://t.co/NDNJPpsZAJ
#UCCF #ChildhoodCancer #Leadership
It’s actually crazy how you grow up thinking home-cooked meals every day are just normal, then get older and realise how much time and effort it took your Mom to make that happen and how lucky you were to have that.
The best kind of BREAKING NEWS❗❕ 📰 Our wonderful program's director, @kaitesi_paula got married today!🥰 Wishing Paula Kaitesi and Sozi Philemon a lifetime of love, laughter, and beautiful melodies together. Congratulations from the whole station family! 🥂❤️
#AllAboutLove
UPDATE: Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital has received a sports arena constructed with funding from Watoto Ministries to support the rehabilitation of mental health patients. Hospital Director Dr Juliet Nakku said the facility would help prepare patients for reintegration into their communities, noting that exercise can stimulate the release of brain chemicals that help alleviate symptoms of mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety.
#MonitorUpdates
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Some milestones deserve to be celebrated beyond the moment!!.🥳
Today, we celebrated Captain Rita Nasirumbi, who made history as Uganda's and Uganda Airlines’ first female captain. A proud moment for the Airline and an inspiring reminder of what women can achieve.
Congratulations, Captain Rita!!👩✈️✈️ May your journey continue to inspire many more women to take the skies. #FlytheCrane
My youngest daughter was less than 8 hours old and caused the full lockdown of our hospital 😂
Apparently if they kick off the little ankle monitors it locks down all the elevators and doors and sends a ton of people running around everywhere and security is sent to your room.
Good to know.
My husband is my biggest support system and I'll always appreciate it. When I started online teaching, he sourced a lot of things for my work station. Now I've locked in for my fitness and everyday he brings something, gym gloves, a pair of trainers, paid my gym subscription🥺😭.
I had not been back to Watoto Church Central in a while.
Today felt particularly special: sitting with my children upstairs, in what was my favorite spot since 1999, when I first attended what was then KPC.
The testimony is that it was in these very pews that I used to pray for my future: family, career e.t..
The testimony is that God has been faithful.
He has done exceedingly, abundantly above all that I ever asked or imagined!
A guard of honour by the @PoliceUg as the aircraft carrying the remains of His Majesty King Oyo Nyimba returns to Entebbe International Airport. The nation mourns a great leader | #RIPKingOyo