Almost everyone here is taking an antimalarial that they have to take once a week. Thursday is my day. We jokingly say that today is Malaria Day when we have to take the pill just to remind ourselves and others. Then we try to put good images in our heads just incase we have weird dreams (one of the side effects of the pills). I think I had one strange one but that was when I was back in North America. So far I've been fine in Africa though. Today I had to finish up planning my session. I also showed Susie (my teammate on the project) so that she would know what was going on with the session. It was her first time going and my second time. We had planned to meet with everyone ... read more

Before this post I must make an apology. I don't know why but I had been writing the name Hector when I actually meant Herbert. I woke up early even though I didn't have to do anything for the day. It was once again loud in the hostel. Also I’m not always the most comfortable in my bed. I don’t have very much room under my mosquito net. My feet tend to hang over my bed. I’m in a mummy sleeping bag so I don’t have much room to move and I don’t have a pillow so I sleep on my sweatshirt. I still hadn't heard anything about my project so I figured I would do my laundry. I didn't have many dirty clothes but you have to wash them by hand so it takes a ... read more

Once again I did not sleep well. I was hot and tossing and turning most of the night. It seemed that right before sunrise there was a nice breeze that came through the window and I was instantly able to sleep. That didn’t last long though because by 8am the hostel was loud and everyone was awake. I was extremely tired. It was now 3 nights in a row that I had gotten almost no sleep (first night being on the airplane). Regardless I still had no idea what I was supposed to be doing. I didn’t know if I was going to start my project or maybe switch rooms so I woke up to be prepared. I went down to take shower and miraculously there were shower curtains in almost every stall. It was still ... read more

I'm a couple days behind on this journal so I'll try to catch up as soon as I can. Also I experienced a lot in my first couple of days so my first entries will be a bit long. I will hopefully be posting photos as well. For those of you who don't know I am in Kampala, Uganda from June 17th until August 19th. I am working on a project through AIESEC called "swITch" where I am responsible for teaching high school students IT and then later evaluating their skills. The 16th of June I left for Uganda from Montreal. Viviane came with me to the airport which was very sweet of her and I'm very happy she did. Although you may not believe it, I was a bit nervous leaving for Uganda (thanks Mike). ... read more