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The family also collect- ed monetary donations, which were used to buy various medical supplies, a solar battery for a medical clinic, 10 chickens, four goats, 40 school uniforms, school desks, and help set up a laboratory for immu- nizations and testing. Furthermore, the fami- ly (Kelly and her parents) also paid the $3,500 cost to install a new well in the village, which gives the municipality a total of two. The trip was organized through Aim for the Restoration of Hope, an organization with the goal of helping orphaned chil- dren and widows, especial- ly those affected by HIV/AIDS. The family paid for all the trip expenses. The medical supplies were donated by a local healthcare organization and family friends and friends of the two children donated items such as clothing and the soccer balls. Kellys daughters also held a garage sale through which they raised some money and they col- lected donations from friends and family for the purchase of items in Uganda. They use plastic bags wrapped up with string and elastics to secure it, Kelly said of the makeshift soccer balls children use in Uganda. They were so excited to get the soccer balls. That went to the two schools and the organiza- tion was going to distrib- ute them to some of the other schools in the area. Kelly had been to the region six years ago. Back then, the village only had the one school. This time she brought her children and parents along. I travel a lot and nor- mally when I go some- where I try and look online and see if theres an orphanage or school that needs help because my kids outgrow their clothes, so I take them and give them to someone who can use them. In the past, shes trav- elled and taken supplies to a tsunami-affected village in Sri Lanka, schools and orphanages in Cambodia, Guatemala and other places. For me, Uganda is one that is really dear to my heart because a lot of places of course theres need but Africa has huge need. Especially in East Africa. The African region has been rav- aged by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and left many orphans. I was seeing on TV the other day there are more orphans in Africa than there are kids living in Canada. Its horrible, Kelly said. A lot of these kids have nothing. Theyre orphans and the villagers have taken them in. Its not like theres orphanages. In Africa, and in this area for sure, families take them in. In order for a child to be able to go to school, they need to be able to pay for the fees and to own a uni- form. Kelly said the children get a meal at school and for many it is also their only meal of the day. Kelly said travelling is her pas- sion and is important to her. She added her older daughter, Madison, has already visited 24 countries. I think it helps you have a better appreciation of your life and your fortune and how lucky we are to live in this sort of country. Kelly and her daughters have also lived in other countries in the past, including the U.S., China and the United Arab Emirates. Family delivered goats, chickens, and soccer balls to schools Continued from page 1 LETS PLAY: Ugandan child with homemade soccer ball. MILK DELIVERY: Kelly Brayton and her daughter Carly with two of the goats they delivered to a village school in Uganda. SUBMITTED PHOTO