The Great Gerodi

At last I'm on the final leg of my Masters in Development Management with the Open University. My final dissertation needs to be handed in by 16th April. My research was carried out in Uganda, the title is "What are the best ways to care for orphans and other vulnerable children in Uganda: focussing on the case of Bushfire, a children's village". If you want to read the full 28 pages drop me an email! I spent 2 weeks in Uganda staying at Bushfire.... read more

A dawning realisation that the pineapples I planted over 18 months ago would be getting close to harvest and ever-increasing airfares made me get my finger out and take action in booking a flight to Uganda before it was too late. Denise couldn't get the time off so I travelled on my own. Here's my notes of the journey taken from my diary: "On plane somewhere over Ethiopia. That strange sense of destiny rises up again. Airline meals - that bouncing bomb effect of explosions of delight at consuming each morsel! What is it that produces such paroxysms of pleasure? Don't know. Partly the false sense of getting something for nothing perhaps?! Excellent journey - 3 seats to myself, charming Kenyan Airways staff (not-the-all-too-often-pretentious-smiles-but-raised-eyebrows-when-you're-out-of-sight-crew). Amazing too that this ticket has cost the same as it did ... read more