Figuratively responding to today’s writing prompt; “How much would you pay to go to the moon?”

We are on the moon!

We are feeling extremely delighted that in a couple of weeks or so, we will receive our first cohort of youth who will benefit from our media training activity.

An activity which is part of the Dr. Paul Hargrave Memorial Center Human Development Project that we are co-implementing with our sister organisation, Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief.

We don’t know if we can put a price on how we are feeling now. And when we say we, we mean at the level of the CPAR Uganda secretariat and the youth who have received notification of their admission to the first cohort of our media training.

Within a short time of receiving the notification, here are some of the reactions from the admitted youth:

“Thank you so much for the great news!”

“I am deeply humbled and feel energized by your promising email that has encouraged me to continue transforming communities.”

“Looking forward to be part of the youth change agents.”

“I am very grateful for the consideration, i remain hopeful for an opportunity to learn valuable skills in media practice that I can use to improve storytelling, advocacy for the vulnerable people.”

“Looking forward to it!”

“Thank you so much for the great news. I am humble for this amazing opportunity.”

“I’m looking forward to being a member of substance and value.”

“I am excited about this opportunity to participate in this program.”

“I am delighted. I appreciate the opportunity.”

“Eagerly waiting to start the training.”

What is the price of happiness?

“You may have heard the expression “money can’t buy happiness” – but it turns out that happiness actually has a price. According to a study published in Nature Human Behaviour, $95,000 is the global average income that allows people to feel the happiest. The study used a survey from Gallup World Poll of more than 1.7 million people from 164 countries. The survey asked about life satisfaction, which is how happy someone is with every part of their life, and emotional well-being, which is about what emotions people feel each day (source @ engoo)

So, yes, we would pay the price of happiness, $ 95,000, to go to the moon, in the figurative context to be happy here on earth.

Our trip to the moon this time round has been paid for through a generous legacy grant. We are eternally grateful to the kin and friends of late Dr. Paul Hargrave for supporting our work via Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief.

Grant funding that is enabling us, at CPAR Uganda, to do that which makes us happy and at the same time bring happiness to others.