Living in the Disability Centre here in Bidi Bidi we are blessed with a cook. But I’m not one for breakfast, and its mostly too hot to eat at lunchtime. The cook finishes after lunch so we are left to fend for ourselves for dinner, which I knew and is good. Let me explain; the… Read More »
The flight from Paris to Nairobi was uneventful. As was Nairobi airport (though they did have a duty free shop). The flight to Entebbe was a pleasant surprise, it didn’t go via Kigali (Rwanda). Landed at 0150, yes, very late (or very early) and by the time I cleared immigration, collected my bag, customs and… Read More »
My flight from Dallas to Uganda was booked on ‘Delta’ but despite some initial difficulties checking in, I was pleasantly surprised by the experience I had on the Air France flight to Paris. Yes its Dallas-Paris-Nairobi-Kigali-Entebbe (I leave 1635 (local) on Monday and should arrive 0210 (local) on Wednesday). To complete the story, I then… Read More »
So, I’m heading back out to Uganda again. Via Dallas, yes via Dallas. Our Physio, my great friend Brooke, was getting engaged. She didn’t know it, but there was zero chance of her saying ‘no’. It had only been a matter of time for a while now. When her ‘guy’, Christian, told me what he… Read More »
Out in the community today, a meeting with local leaders and then did some training on an app we have developed for our Community Based Rehabilitation workers, and suddenly it was lunchtime. Not a big fan of lunch, especially when it’s so hot, so always a bit nervous that I will offend by saying no. … Read More »
I was walking out of the Disability Centre yesterday and saw a little girl, maybe 3 years old. She caught a glimpse of me and instantly turned and walked away. I continued on, thinking nothing of it and emerged onto the walkway outside. The little girl was standing there; as she saw me again she… Read More »
It’s all about context. My hotel here in Yumbe is fine, absolutely fine. So I don’t eat here anymore because there is either no food, no service, or they never come back after you ask what they have. The power is variable, much like Haiti there is no mains power here, so generators and batteries… Read More »
We also support a school out here. Quite an inspiring story. Its only 10 years old but it gets better results than the other schools in the area. In Uganda you need papers to enrol in school. If you are a refugee, you wont have papers. See where I’m going? So, a group of village… Read More »
On the way back from a day in the field, we were held up by an articulated lorry blocking the road. Now I don’t mean a puncture or broken down in the middle of the road, but he had for some unknown reason begun a U-turn. He was now well and truly stuck with half… Read More »
So, I said previously Google knew where I was and that it was Uganda Independence Day., to put the Uganda flag on my homepage. Well, it seems Google wants to get even closer to me (literally).