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Article 23
Q: what do you call a man with a motorbike, a cooler strapped to the back, and cell-phone ringtones ringing incessantly?A: Ugandan Mr. Softee
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Positive Living
Last week my ballet training led me to the last place in the world I ever thought it would. I travelled to one of the most remote villages in Uganda to teach Yoga to a group of middle-aged Ugandans...
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Town mouse and Country mouse
We're back in Kampala now and life is really quite different. We thought we'd give you some pictures to illustrate. Streets are packed closer in the city, but taxis are fuller in the country....
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For those who have been wondering...we'd like to let you know that no, Uganda is not sweltering hot. In fact, most days we wear sweaters in the morning and at night. Recently Kampala has been receiving...
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I (Talitha) am sitting in the back of the COU truck organizing things. The volunteers have gone out two by two -- Americans paired with Ugandans -- with lists of things to purchase. They report back...
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The Task To End All Tasks is fully underway: we are buying and distributing a ton of stuff to secondary students. When children graduate from the primary schools attached to our orphanage homes, they...
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Leading Pigs to the Light
As our time in Uganda comes to a close, we have become aware of an urgent and pressing need in this country. Ugandan pigs don't know about Jesus. According to a study, 99.99% of pigs in the Rakai...
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Ostrich Farm, take 3
We took the p4 class to the ostrich farm, which is rapidly becoming everyone's favorite class-trip destination. We've gone in 2005 and 2006 as well, but each time we've taken a different class with us....
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Article 15
Ugandans eat with their hands. Demonstration: by all the muzungus We had a party on the last night before children started leaving for holidays. It was a great party... Detailed entry to follow.
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Ugandan rest stops
Yes, goat on a stick really is only 30cents...The tricky thing is the haggling, throwing money down, getting your meat or roasted bananas... while reaching out of a bus window. Muzungu! Bring me...
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the truckloads of Stuff which we purchased for secondary and vocational students are about 85% distributed, with 3 days to go...the room which we set up as a shop has been torn apart by our p7...
View Articlerunning out of time
The last few days have been jam-packed with activity. We have had no time to write blogs. Occasionally, as we embark on another strange adventure, someone makes an absurd comment and we all remark,...
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Jaja Bena
SingingLaughing? Crying?everyonePlaying Jaja Bena is wearing Auntie Cassia's hair"Then (Job) fell to the ground in worship and said: Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I shall return The...
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Africafé
Cassie writes:Right now, I'm sitting in the Sabina staff room enjoying my morning cup of instant coffee. In America, I would not dream of consuming such a crass substitute for my normal no-foam...
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Kasensero
Talitha writes:The school term came to an abrupt end on August 10th, and Sabina sent its students home. Born out of an effort to keep children from spending their whole lives in an institution, Sabina...
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Memorials
Sometimes, living in the blessedly productive world of the orphanages, we are able to forget the depths of sorrow this nation has known. We are reminded about sorrow when we visit guardians and...
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Those Ugandan kids really know how to rip your heart out...
Dear Aunt Nansubuga (that's Cassie)how are you these days?I love you so so so so so so muchHow is your life?If your life is not good I will pray for youYou have a good heartYou love young...
View ArticleShopping list -- further explained
Our shopping list may seem an odd one. In fact we had a lot of discussions and arguments over its contents. Some articles are clearly neccessities and show a monetary return to the organization: a...
View Article"I'm still walking around with four million shillings in my pants..."
Quote by Tim. Took him a day to realize it... True story. Also, we found a 1.5 million envelope in Cassie's bag a few days before we left. And Talitha had a lot of fun entering illegible receipts on a...
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