Hey everyone!
Its been a busy week…right now we are stopped at the internet café on the way back to Katosi after spending the weekend in the mountains in a town called Kasese with some friends from UNC working at an organization there. We did some hiking and went on a short tour of Queen Elizabeth National Park where we saw kabs (like antelopes), warthogs, elephants, a lion, and even got really close to a family of hippos!
The night after my last blog post we spent the night with Shane and Hema again and gave the kids in their neighborhood some of the glowsticks that Rhea had brought. It was so much fun…they were completely mesmerized by them and so were the adults. Some were even scared of touching them at first but it was adorable once we all started playing…and since its SO dark here at night they showed up really bright.
On Tuesday KWDT had their coordinators meeting that they have once every 4 months with all the people involved in the organization and the major women leaders from each women’s group. There were about 35 women there total and even though we couldn’t really understand much of the proceedings of the meeting, it was great to see everyone together. We also finally met the director Margaret who set us up with the internship…she’s been away traveling.
That afternoon, I met with my health club over at the secondary school and we built our first tippy tap (google it…it’s a really ingenious handwashing system) The kids at that school are awesome and going to their meetings are definitely a highlight of my week. They’re bright and really interested in everything…each week I get them to write down health related topics, and those become the subject for next weeks meeting.
Besides work, there’s lots to tell about life in Katosi still…I’ve done laundry by hand a few times and it SUCKS but its so dusty that its really necessary. I can’t imagine how people do it for a family of 5. Also our boss Leonard caught malaria this week…its crazy how that’s just part of life here…he just took some drugs and didn’t even miss a day of work
Also one of the things that keeps cracking me up is the names of all the taxis. Each one has either a really Christian name or the name of a cheesy American pop star airbrushed in sparkly letters across the front and back…here are a few of my favorites I’ve ridden on: Beyonce, Ashanti, Destiny, Juses’ Blood (I’m pretty sure they mean jesus…), Hungry 4 God, Puff Daddy, and 4 Our Sinz. Those names definitely add a little humor to waiting around for like 2 hours to fill a van with 25 people haha
Well that’s all for this time…I’m headed on a safari this next weekend so I’ll be back in Kampala soon and hopefully able to give updates from there. Hope everyone is still doing well!
Love,
Kate
PS. I almost forgot something really exciting!! PEOPLE ARE FINALLY LEARNING MY NAME!!! now there are less muzungu shouts and people actually call out kate when I come by...i finally just went around like a freak introducing myself and people really remembered. Actually, its rarely Kate, more often its Katie, Kathy, or Ketie...but its close, and I really appreciate it :) okay thats it.. bye!
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