This Friday at KPS ...

On 7^th November, it is our ‘Chairman’s Evening’, when Adrian Herring will be joined by his wife, Vanessa, to give an illustrated talk entitled, Uganda – What an Experience!

Adrian and Vanessa say: “Our talk is the result of a month's visit to Uganda in 2013 on a trip organised by ourselves, using a small Ugandan company to book facilities and drive us around.

We visited four National Parks and did several treks, including one in the Impenetrable Forest to see a family of mountain gorillas, as well as spending two nights on an island where there was a chimp reservation established by Jane Goodall.

This represented about half of the purpose of our trip, which was also aimed at recording how people live and the work of a leading education charity Soft Power Education (SPE), founded by the daughter of one of Vanessa's cousins, who helped us with our trip.  SPE is a charity that has been working with communities in Uganda for 15 years to improve the quality of life through education.  They focus particularly in rural areas and on primary education needs.  More details about their work can be found on the website, http://softpowereducation.com/.

Uganda is described as the “Pearl of Africa” by the Ugandan Wildlife Authority, with ten national parks displaying the best of East Africa.  Its Rift Valley landscapes and tropical forests make dramatic backdrops to an extensive variety of flora and fauna. Uganda is unrivalled on the continent as a bird watching destination with over 1,000 species of birds – several of which are found nowhere else on the planet. It is also home to 13 types of primates including over half of the world’s endangered mountain gorillas; and our closest relative – the chimpanzee.”

There should be something for everyone on this evening and we hope to see you there.

Kingswood PS meet Fridays from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at St Barnabas Church Hall, Warmley, Bristol  BS30 5JJ.  Visitors are most welcome and the cost for this evening is £3.00.