Merry Christmas everyone and happy holidays! I'll be spending yet another Christmas in this tropical, equatorial country, quietly pretending the palm trees are really pine trees.
I'm going to make this post very short and to the point: I am posting a link to donate money to our friend and colleague, Fred Kiyingi, who needs a liver transplant. He is our Safety and Security Officer for Peace Corps Uganda, and has done an amazing job at keeping volunteers safe and secure. He is the first person in my phonebook because he's the first person I'd call if anything happened. He was also very instrumental in the fatal car accident last May. He was their first phone call and has been up in Gulu once a month making sure that justice is served. We call him the "James Bond" of Uganda because he's been known to get to a mob in 4 minutes to rescue volunteers.
Fred has an aggressive form of liver cancer and needs to travel immediately to India for the operation. Volunteers and RPCVs all over Uganda and the world have been fundraising and we're almost at $10,000, but we need $15,000. Please help us get there! Thank you and Merry Christmas.
(Please note, if you choose to support Fred Kiyingi, select the Peace Corps Emergency Relief Fund from the drop down menu and specify that the donation is for Fred Kiyingi in the Tribute/In Honor of field to ensure your donation goes to him and not to the Peace Corps Emergency Relief general fund.)
https://www.facebook.com/howtosavefredslife
