Check out this blog from Restore founder Bob Goff. It's an amazing process to build a new school and incredible how our team has been pushing through obstacles!

 Building Something out of Nothing

I was pretty proud of myself when I made a picture frame once. The reason I was proud is that I had to overcome quite a few obstacles to build it. First, it took me a while to find just the right wood. Then I went to Home Depot and bought an expensive circular saw to make a couple mitered cuts.  I had to buy some expensive wood glue and then even more expensive clamps to hold the pieces together. After a couple days and a whole bunch of money I was holding a crooked frame. Let me tell you about a couple guys who moved from the Pacific Northwest to Gulu, Uganda this year and are building an entire school campus – out of dirt! They figured out how to compress the clay in the dirt into blocks and have made state of the art buildings out in the bush. You won’t believe what a these guys have done to build a school for the 250 kids and 30 teachers at the Restore Academy in Northern Uganda.   It reminds me of the creation story in Genesis, but it’s even cooler in a way, because I know these guys.  Before they headed over they asked me what construction materials we had to work with and I told  them – dirt. They asked if there was water and I told them there wasn’t - so they dug a well.  They asked how much money they had to spend and I told them – not much. They asked how many trained construction people they would have to help them out and I told them – none.  Then they asked who would train the workers they found and I said – you.  So they asked when they had to finish the school construction by and I told them – February 2012. They looked at each other, looked back at me, crossed their arms and said with one voice …. “We’re in.” You’ve got to meet these secretly incredible guys from the Restore Academy in Uganda have done. They don’t know what an obstacle is.

The Boy, the Kite, and the Wind from Improbable Philanthropist on Vimeo.

Our friend Al Andrews of Improbable Philanthropy just launched his new book. Watch this video of our students reading part of it. You can buy the book from Al’s website here.

Who says you can't go surfing in a landlocked country? Meet the Gulu Surf Team at Restore Leadership Academy. Tarp Surfing In Uganda from MONIKER|productions on Vimeo. How do you surf in a landlocked country? With enough imagination and a little help from http://restoreinternational.org anything is possible.  

Meet Bob Goff! Watch this video about all his involvements and how Restore International came to be.

Watch this video about the Restore Leadership Academy. These students are the future hope of Uganda!

Watch this video of Bob Goff on Restoring Justice