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Dear all,

After a few emails and phone calls back and forth it turns out that Florence (the lady from Uganda, working for Mott MacDonald) is not able to help out.

Gerdie has contacted Wings of Support, but it turns out they only ship goods for projects they officially support, which is not the case with Jinja (yet). This doesn't sound like a quick solution.

I'll contact Mott Macdonald US directly, to see if they can help out.

Ken - thanks for looking up the USPS prices. I'm not sure where the earlier $1000 came from, but it looks like we're down to $400 now. :-)

Anyone else with other (even cheaper) options?

Pelle

[teaser] =>

Dear all,

After a few emails and phone calls back and forth it turns out that Florence (the lady from Uganda, working for Mott MacDonald) is not able to help out.

Gerdie has contacted Wings of Support, but it turns out they only ship goods for projects they officially support, which is not the case with Jinja (yet). This doesn't sound like a quick solution.

I'll contact Mott Macdonald US directly, to see if they can help out.

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