Uribe Takes on Uganda

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Ms. Dolores Uribe, a special education teacher at LQHS,  is currently on a mission trip to Uganda with 12 other members of Southwest Church from Feb. 9 through Feb. 21.

Uribe flew out of LAX to Amsterdam, where her flight finally connected her to Uganda. She will be based in Bulega Village in Wakiso District.

For one week, she will be assisting teachers at a school as well as an orphanage hospital with Cherish Uganda, a faith-based nonprofit. The hospital treats about 52 children, from infants to 18-year-olds, who have been diagnosed with HIV/ AIDS.

Though she has never been to Africa, Uribe commented, “I am excited about everything, the whole experience, [and] seeing how the education system is in other cultures. The only bad thing about this trip is all of the vaccines I’ve been taking to prepare for my trip.”

Uribe hopes she can make a difference in the Ugandan children’s lives, especially as she is getting ready to retire and is trying to find a new purpose and way to serve.

Uribe added, “Maybe this is my new purpose in life when I retire from teaching.”