On the 29th of March Twiga arranged for an annual meeting. There was a big engagement among the participating members and a lot of discussions. After the meeting there was a food and a party. The newly elected board can soon be found under the link "About Us" where you can also read their presentations.

Mbale Tigers project leader Stefan Laupa and the Swedish exchange youths participating in cooperation with the Table Tennis Club have arrived in Uganda. Club chairman Emmanuel Matsyetsye along with local radio, TV and news papers greeted the Swedish participants as they arrived. The story was also covered by the local press The New Vision.

Swedish project leader Stefan Laupa and Twiga´s cooperation with Mbale Tigers, Uganda, was noted on Swedish radio, 6th of March 2008. If you want to listen to the interview (in Swedish) you can click here (the interview starts 7 minutes into the clip). If you are interested in the cooperation, want to donate money or have any questions please email Stefan Laupa at: stefan [dot] laupa [at] twiga [dot] se.

We are happy to inform that Twiga´s Table Tennis cooperation in Mbale, Uganda, was noted on Swedish television during Channel 4 News at Sunday the 10th of February 2008. You can view the clip (in Swedish) through Webb TV by clicking here.

Forum Syd has approved a contribution at nearly 250 000 Swedish kronor (41000  USD) for an exchange program between the Ugandan youths in the Mbale Tigers Table Tennis Club (MTTTC) and Mariedals IK in Borås, Sweden.

Saturday the 29th of March you have an oppertunity to meet other Twiga members! After the annual meeting there will be a party with food, beer, wine and music so that everyone can spend time together. You are welcome to invite your family and friends too!

Twiga had an extra annual meeting and a party last Saturday! On the meeting the members decided about the new by-laws for Twiga, policy documents and the previous boards freedom of liability was granted. After the meeting food and drinks were served followed by a presentation of the new website.

It is a lot of work to add old and new content to the new Twiga site. Therefore Twigas boardmembers Caroline Andersson, Erika Rubin and Sigrid Lindbom gathered together with Twigas computer programmer Jeff Burns to upload information to the site.

Twigas representative Erik Sjöstrand will visit Mooni, in Uganda, from December to February. Erik is partly meeting with Twigas trainees that are now in Mbale, and partly taking part of a new Sida financed project for Mooni Sports Club. The project continues in 2008.