Hello everybody. I am in the United States and I started a charity named after my sons in October 2018. We just got our 501c3 registered charity status one week ago today & I received the approval letter from the IRS today. My son Austin died of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in 2012 at the age of 16. My… Read More »
Here is a brief 50 second video of the fun we had last Thursday night for the first ever Taco Eating Contest for TEAAP at Taco Bell in Yorktown Heights NY. It was our first “Eat for Duchenne” that we have had as a fundraiser for TEAAP. It was a blast spreading the word. Many thanks to my… Read More »
Here is a quick slide show of our maiden voyage of The Everett and Austin Project… Teina, Celia and I went to Uganda on October 21, 2019 and returned on November 4, 2019. It was an amazing trip. Such a beautiful country. Uganda is truly “The Pearl of Africa” imho. We were able to help the Kayonga boys… Read More »
The Everett and Austin Project appeared on the popular NTV Uganda show, “Perspective with Josephine Karungi” on November 22, 2019. It was originally recorded on the last Monday of October 2019 during our Mission Uganda 1. What an amazing job Josephine and her team did telling the story about what we are trying to accomplish through our project.… Read More »
Our Show is up on YouTube now! Josephine and her team worked an 2 extra weeks on our story. Such a nice job they did! We have finally appeared on Josephine Karungi’s show! It was Sunday night, November 17, 2019 at 8 pm Uganda time, 12 noon EST. #PWJK #theeverettandaustinproject Watch on YouTube!
Here is what we wrote to USAID this week. Most of the letter was written by Dr. Teina Daley. Tim put in some edits, formatting, pictures and such. Hi Matt, The overarching goal of the Everett and Austin Project is to provide sustainable means to fight poverty, and support children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and other rare… Read More »
We really can’t thank you enough! We try to put words to the inexpressible love and joy that we feel in the depths of our souls. It’s really difficult to express, these deep things of the soul that we can’t see. A sense of eternal significance grows inside of each of us as we continue to participate in… Read More »
The brand new cement floor for the Kayongas is now complete. Here is video from Today, November 13, 2019. The floor looks amazing! Very smooth. So sweet! Thank you for going out to the village to check on it, Paul Collins! God is good. 😊🎉 Video of the Floor throughout the home – Paul Kayonga gives thanks. Sweet… Read More »
We are doing our third Hike for Duchenne on October 30th at 8:00 AM, Uganda time. That is 1:00 AM, New York time. So far we have 3 committed participants: Paul Collins, Josh Kasaija and myself. We will be hiking Mount Karangura Trail in Western Uganda. The screenshot of the description from the All Trails app is below. This… Read More »
I’m ready to do my next Hike for Duchenne. We raised just over $3100 from our last hike. That brought us to 79% of what we need to go to Uganda. Can we top that this time? I sure hope so. Because I want to go to Uganda and spread love and hope to those suffering from Duchenne… Read More »