This is one of the children’s homes with UFRL director, Sam Kitalya and Bush Fire Project director, Eric Rockett on the front porch. In each home reside 12-15 children and a set of foster parents.

The buildings on the left contain several smaller individual private rooms for sponge bathing.

A living room inside one of the homes.

This is a typical bedroom. Each home has a bedroom for all the girls, a bedroom for all the boys, and a bedroom for the house parents.

The homes do not have individual kitchens. All cooking is done in this kitchen until the completion of a new facility under construction in 2007.

New kitchen/200-seat dining hall constructed in 2007.

Drying beans on the floor of the dining hall.

New stoves purchased for use in the new kitchen. These will be more cost-effective as they are more efficient, requiring less fuel than open pit cooking.

Support staff reside in this staff house completed in 2007.

Guest quarters.

Washing day.

Children leading a worship song at Church.

Health Clinic

Inside the health clinic.

Medical supplies

Microscope purchased with funds donated to Bush Fire Project.

Sterilizer purchased with funds donated to Bush Fire Project.

Bush Fire Primary School constructed in the fall/winter of 2005 with classes beginning in February 2006.

A class at the Bush Fire Primary School.

New school desks.

Bush Fire is located approximately 13 kilometers from the main electrical line and UFRL was told that it would cost $130,000 to be connected. In 2006, funds from Bush Fire Project enabled the purchase of a generator, which will supply power to the entire Bush Fire Compound.

Generator House

A borehole has brought a new water source to Bush Fire. Surface contamination is a problem, however, because of its shallow depth. Water tanks, which collect rainwater from the roofs of buildings, are the cleaner source, however, storage space is limited. Tanks can fill in 30 minutes time during a heavy rain so much is lost as a result of tank size. One potential solution being considered is a concrete lined and covered cistern that will hold much larger amounts of rainwater.

Playing football (soccer), a favorite sport.

Jump roping is another favorite activity.

Vocational Training Center constructed in 2007. Vocational training will be available not only to the children living at Bush Fire, but residents of the surrounding villages as well. Carpentry and metalworking will initially be offered with additional programs being added as funding allows.

A small dump truck purchased the fall of 2005 allows transport of building materials for various construction projects.

In early 2007, this 4-wheel drive truck was purchased with funds from Bush Fire Project. This vehicle will facilitate farm work and traveling with the poor road conditions. The shipping container in the background arrived from Australia in April 2007. It contained clothing, household and medical supplies, tools and other useful items.

Cassava.

Sweet potatoes.

Harvesting peanuts

This is a piece of land owned by Bush Fire but separate from the main Bush Fire compound. It is the site where the cattle will be relocated in order to create separation of people and livestock. In the background is a eucalyptus grove that is on the same property. These trees will provide construction materials for new buildings. Additional trees will be planted on this property.

Eucalyptus grove.