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Week 4 in Ruhija (June 20th - June 25th)

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June 26th 2016
June 20th, 2016 Woke up at 7:45am, ate breakfast, and then headed to the health centre. Loaded some airtime on the way over, and did some stuff for preparing for the village meeting, which we’ve confirmed for this Friday at 11am at the health centre. Left the health centre at 1pm, came back around 1:30pm, ate lunch, and then worked on the meeting. Now that the time for the vill ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

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Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,0... ... read more