Blogs from Uganda, Africa - page 129

im in jinja which is a small town just west of kampala- and yesterday we rafted the nile. it was....nuts. rapids reach the intensity level of 6, and we were doing up to 5. we flipped over three times which is a life altering experience. i would love to say that my life flashed before my eyes when i was pulled underwater time and time again, but really all i could think about was the air that was in....some direction. when we first went out the weather was pretty nice, but as soon as we were on the water, learning the tricks of the trade with piers and sayer...it started raining. raining hard. so hard it hurt. oh yeah that was the hail. HAIL on the nile...in uganda. chunks half the size of pennies! this is ... read more

hello and how are you are just whats expected when speaking to ugandans. its such a friendly place! i love the heat - although it gets a little too muggy at times, still nicer than snow. the trip thus far..... got on the flight to london no problem which was in a new boeing 777...which means 50 rows of 9 seats or around that, pretty nuts and lots of nice space. i got to london at around 630am local time. i had to pickup my bags and cart them to terminal four to check in for the last flight to entebbe. thats when i split my back in two. i suppose this was from the 45lbs in books and toys and 35lbs in clothes and meds plus my camera and a purse filled with more ... read more

O.K, travel blog time. Today I will be doing things slightly different, instead of starting with tales from the village etc I will start with ‘business’. The reason being some very exiting things have happened regarding the work side of our stay in Uganda in the past 4-5 weeks since I last wrote. I like to think the reason it has been so long since my last entry is that I have been rather busy with work, that and the fact I can be a bit lazy and tend to spend my time on the net looking up sport results. Celeste has provided you all with a glimpse of what has been going on in her last entry so once more I may be repeating a few things. Adelaide - Mbale Community Health Fund Approximately 6 ... read more

This last week I have worked alongside Soft Power Education, another non-profit I found online prior to this trip. Soft Power is a British registered, non-religious charity, working closely within the local community of Jinja. Their aim is to develop and improve educational facilities for children. Starting off initially by building two pre-schools for AIDS orphans, they now have constructed/renovated close to 30 schools, all made possible by monetary donations and volunteer work. This means, any donations made go 100% into the project...a big reason why I wanted to contribute myself. After meeting wiith the staff of Soft Power, We've decided the best way for me to help is by painting the “teaching aids” requested on the classroom walls of Wakitaka Primary School. This would be perfect since I just don’t have the energy to ... read more

Hey hey everybody! So while the pesky photos are taking their time to load, I shall pen a few words! Today is Luke’s last day in the village, and he had a lovely send off from FDNC and was presented with 2 beautiful oil prints for the wall, an FDNC T-shirt and also a very plush certificate! He was chuffed! We have a short holiday in Kampala leaving tomorrow before he flies to Rome on Tuesday for his next adventures of research for his cycling business. Tonight we are having an Indian meal with Mai Jessica (the lady who has been hosting us every night for dinner), her son Samuel (who is the founder of FDNC), Justin and Kubo who are also volunteers that we have spent our evenings with over dinner. News flash about ... read more