News from Coin World: On May 22, 2025, children from the Uganda Orphan Children's Center (located in eastern Uganda and part of the Bitcoin Kampala community) took a zoo road trip, thanks in part to Bitcoin donations from around the world. The team that helps fund and operate the orphanage chose to take this trip on Bitcoin Pizza Day to show the orphans that anything is possible. Many of them have never left the village where the orphanage is located, just like Laszlo Hanyecz showed the world when he bought two pizzas for 10,000 Bitcoin on May 22, 2010. 22•05•2025 – Orphanage Bitcoin Pizza Day? We dreamed of leaving our area by bus to the zoo at the end of last year, and you all made it happen... Special thanks to @blinkbtc, @studentofbtc, @travelwbitcoin for sponsoring our day trip, and our forever sponsor @Bitcoinbeach,... pic.twitter.com/Ol6XC52bcv "We organized this trip to bring hope to the children and open their minds to what is possible," said Brindon Mwiine, founder of Bitcoin Kampala, to Bitcoin Magazine. "Last year, we started teaching them to write their dreams in the notebooks we gave them, and when we asked them what they wanted for Christmas, their answers were simple: to visit the capital, see animals, and travel," he added. "The Bitcoin Pizza Day at Entebbe Zoo became the perfect way to turn these dreams into reality while teaching them about Bitcoin." Mwiine also noted that this was the children's first time on a long-distance bus, crossing the Nile River, passing through the capital Kampala, exploring the zoo — and tasting pizza. "It was a day full of firsts," Mwiine said, adding that it was even more special because he, the support staff, and the children "experienced all of this together like family." Edith Mpumwire, a member of the Blink Wallet marketing team and a collaborator with the Bitcoin Kampala team, echoed Mwiine's sentiments. "This trip was the first for [these children]," Mpumwire said in a video embedded in the post above. "Most of these children come from eastern Uganda [and] they live in a small house in Bugiri. They had never left Bugiri, so for them, today was not only the first day visiting the zoo but also the first day leaving their home," she added. Mpumwire also pointed out that the international Bitcoin community is partly to thank for facilitating this trip for the orphans. "The global [Bitcoin] community contributed to their livelihoods [and] we are here taking them on a road trip [where] they can see a mini national park, Lake Victoria, and many animals." You can contribute to the Uganda Orphan Children's Center through the project's Geyser page.
