Author: ladydiannablog

Beauty school with the Bits begins again! This time on my birthday! Once again, I have the privilege of sharing knowledge with 20 of the ladies at 31 Bits. Today, we learned about chemical relaxing. On the grass they sat with the wind in there hair as I relaxed one of jewelry makers hair, Agnes. [...]

These ladies here in Uganda have been so welcoming to us. We have enjoyed every second of our time here at 31 BITS. Kaylie and I have had so much fun getting to know them and learning to roll paper beads. As it turns out, I am great at it. But Kaylie needs a little more [...]

The more we learned about the ladies of 31 Bits, the more Kaylie and I know how important the world that Kallie Dovel, founder of 31 BITS, has created for these women is a necessity to their very being. As survivors to the recent Northern Uganda Conflict and attacks from the LRA, these women have bared [...]

We arrived in Uganda yesterday and drove 9 hours from Entebbe to Gulu. Yes, that is as long as it sounds! That is the amount of time it took us to fly from Amsterdam to Nairobi. The only difference was the scenery was spectacular. Uganda’s country side is just gorgeous. I was so excited to [...]

Still pretty swollen from the bug bites, but finally feeling better! Off to Kiamaiko to see our sponsor kids! It is January now, so this confused so many of them! They saw and thought, “Why are mzungus here? They are early!” Charles, of course, was embarrassed as ever to see me. I really do know [...]

Kaylie and I just arrived in Uganda yesterday to work with 31 Bits in Gulu and what a ride its already been! The more we learned about the ladies of 31 Bits, the more Kaylie and I know how important the world that Kallie Dovel has created for these women is a necessity to their [...]

Graduation Day! The day I have been waiting 6 months for. The day we will see the first of many classes graduate from Shear Hope Beauty School in Mathare Valley. And of course, Kaylie and I are still feeling sick from our mosquito attack in Joska. We did everything we could to not get us [...]

Joska. The happiest place on earth. Kaylie and I went to Joska Boarding School to visit the children that we have come to love so much! They are so filled with happiness. Everyone who has every visited this school holds it in a very special place in their heart. As Kaylie is a counselor back [...]

Today I was able to sit and talk one on one with the girls. Each of them had hopeful and discouraging stories to share. I was most touched by my time with Carol. Her first question to me was, “How is Logan’s mum?” She remembered when Logan was here in July to photograph and film [...]