This is my first blog and I'm going to use it to update family and friends and anyone else who's interested on my time in Uganda. I arrived here last week and will be working as a VSO volunteer at the International Hospital Kampala. I'm a management accountant and will be working in the Finance Department here at the hospital - my previous jobs were all in big companies in the UK so I'll be learning a lot, and hopefully sharing some of the skills I've got. I had a week of 'In Country Training' with 10 other new VSO volunteers which is aimed at giving us an initial orientation (security, road safety, culture, food and language). We stayed at the Lweza Conference Centre just outside Kampala and it was a very gentle introduction to Uganda.
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