Getting there....

Day three or so of me being in Uganda. I'm still adjusting and I finally got a full nights sleep last night, but still getting really tired in the afternoon.

Yesterday was a full day with a field visit to an orphanage that SP supports through a agriculture/ livestock program. They donate animals that breed and then the beneficiary can sell the offspring or use the animal for milk/ food. It seems to be working well and is really sustainable because they take the first offspring and give it to someone else who could use it. While there, one of the SP staff was working with the group of parents/grandparents /caretakers to try to unite them on working together on some agriculture program. That way the group could have a good food supply but be able to sell the excess to help support the kids. All this dialogue took place in the local language because English wasn't too common because it was a very remote part of Kampala and education wasn't very available (or popular). So, I took my camera and spent some time with a small group of girls who liked having their picture taken. They were really fun and photogenic.





The afternoon was filled with a visit through Kampala where I saw the scenes of the bombings that happened just last week or so. The rugby club is only about 5 minutes drive from my guest house and another 5 from the office. It looked like a nice place that I would probably hang out in. Needless to say, we've been laying low and ordering in this week.

This morning was spent helping Jimmy, our cook. It was part of my orientation and everyone spends a day in the kitchen. I cut up onions, avocados, tomatoes and pineapple. All of those I dislike aside from the pineapple. Ironic.

This afternoon includes a field visit with the Children's Heart Project, visiting a child who recently had life-saving heart surgery.

This weekend I leave for my month and a half survey tour of the three main project locations in Uganda. The last site is the one I am most interested in, a feeding program that partners with the World Food Program and feeds some 500,000 people.