I recently visited Uganda to see firsthand some of the work that Woodford does to help deaf children and young people around the world, and to meet with our programme partners to develop new ideas and programmes.

This blog is basically my personal reaction to my experiences of seeing the programmes, meeting the people who work to improve deaf children and young people’s lives in one of the world’s poorest countries, and through my interaction with the communities.

Apologies for the shoddy camera work!

Son of the soil  is a reference to someone who returns to their place of birth to work. Having been born in Shrewsbury and having lived in Shropshire until I was 19 years of age, my return to the Shire to work for the Shropshire based charity the Woodford Foundation, apparently means just that, as coined by a member of our programme partners in Uganda, I am a Son of The Soil (I realise that I probably didn’t explain this very well in the video).

I will be posting a new blog every couple of days about my experiences, so please give me any feedback and if you have any questions, don’t hesitate in getting in contact with me.

Cheers, I hope you enjoy!

Harry