{"id":1105,"date":"2015-07-29T05:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T05:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2015-07-29T05:03:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T05:03:00","slug":"message-from-charlie-who-made-it-out-of-uganda-i-was-the-happiest-dude-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/message-from-charlie-who-made-it-out-of-uganda-i-was-the-happiest-dude-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Message From Charlie Who Made It Out of Uganda: &#8220;I was the happiest dude on earth.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Charlie wrote:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CharlieR1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1106 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CharlieR1-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"CharlieR1\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CharlieR1-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CharlieR1.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>&#8220;I would like to pass on my regards and love to all and everybody who works, volunteers, donates and supports Friends Ugandan Safe Transport.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CharlieR2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1107 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CharlieR2-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"CharlieR2\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CharlieR2-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CharlieR2.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>&#8220;To me FUST means love and they are the only reason am still alive. I was willing to take my life if I wasn&#8217;t helped out of Uganda.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CharlieR3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1108 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CharlieR3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"CharlieR3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CharlieR3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CharlieR3.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>&#8220;I don&#8217;t like using the word hate, but as long as the state sponsored homophobia is still alive in Uganda, I don&#8217;t like Uganda.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<h3>&#8220;Gabi, I remember that message you sent through the coordinator confirming that we shall be leaving in the night. I was the happiest dude on earth.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<h3>&#8220;I am settling in well here in Kigali and am happy thanks to u.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<h3>[fruitful_sep]<\/h3>\n<h3>Please donate to Friends Ugandan Safe Transport Fund so we can continue to help people like Charlie to leave the dangers they face in Uganda and find new lives in more welcoming countries.<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=75NTGCGG66TDQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/FUST-PayPal.png\" alt=\"FUST-PayPal\" width=\"145\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>To send a check see <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/donate\/\">this page<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Thank you!<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie wrote: &#8220;I would like to pass on my regards and love to all and everybody who works, volunteers, donates and supports Friends Ugandan Safe Transport.&#8221; &#8220;To me FUST means love and they are the only reason am still alive. I was willing to take my life if I wasn&#8217;t helped out of Uganda.&#8221; &#8220;I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appeal","category-the-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1117,"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions\/1117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}