Well, we had a good send off. I think everyone was keen to make sure I left.
The weather stayed summer like, so we wrapped up in blankets and sat outside for a few beers in the sunshine round at John and Sally's. John took the opportunity of collecting all the fit, strong men (and Nick, Tony, Farhad and Kenny) and press ganging them into lifting 500 kgs of car bonnet back onto his e type. It all went smoothly albeit with a few held breaths and crossed fingers. Everyone is looking forward to their hot rides on the Malton to Beverley road now!
There was a slight incident involving a large step and an even larger glass of wine. Fortunately there was a good turnout from the health service and the patient made a speedy recovery. See below Carolyn, Barbara, Liz, resident "Doctor" Clive and Andrea.
There was a lovely surprise appearance from friends overseas, that was after Farhad had figured out what day it was and caught the next flight! Who needs timetables anyway?
This is a different project. We were given some IT training and an incentive for attending is lunch. Yes, you've got it!
We decided to make it into dinner instead, accompanied with a few beers around the homemade barbie
This is a potential new friend, who will hopefully develop an appetite for meat with her rice.
Sliding Rock on Saturday afternoon and a family turned up to celebrate a 25th birthday. How they made a cake, I have no idea and my stomach didn't forgive me for eating the icing, but it was very good.
No, it's not the Tour de Uganda. The public health workers aren't paid but one of these very heavy bicycles is an incentive to cycle round the villages administering vaccinations and medecines.
This was another unusual house guest , who left his coat behind. Apparently a puff adder. Don't worry he didn't make it into the house, the guard found the skin in the grounds where they like to sunbathe on the rocks. I have stopped wandering around in bare feet though.
Back in May, Uganda was dry and dusty and not exactly pictoresque. With the rains, everything has turned green and sunflowers are popping up everywhere.
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This is the sunflower group project. The Nge Komi Ladies group have a sunflower oil machine that they can't afford to install. Here is the part finished building that you guys back in UK are helping to finish. Building is due to start next week. Progress is slow, so bear with me but I will keep you updated.
Massive rains again last night, so hopefully it doesn't stop us moving further North for more business skills training. Fingers crossed the roads are still there.
The weather stayed summer like, so we wrapped up in blankets and sat outside for a few beers in the sunshine round at John and Sally's. John took the opportunity of collecting all the fit, strong men (and Nick, Tony, Farhad and Kenny) and press ganging them into lifting 500 kgs of car bonnet back onto his e type. It all went smoothly albeit with a few held breaths and crossed fingers. Everyone is looking forward to their hot rides on the Malton to Beverley road now!
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There was another send off committee in Manchester where the sun also shone. Here are some of the attendees below.
Ruth and Fiona
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It was a real family do with Julie, Derek and Win
There was a lovely surprise appearance from friends overseas, that was after Farhad had figured out what day it was and caught the next flight! Who needs timetables anyway?
Despite good intentions to delay me and bad intentions to make me consume too much of the last decent wine I would see for a long while, I did make it onto the plane and out to Uganda. It took around a week to get back to Kotido in the North, back to the familiar accommodation and small challenges of rural Karamoja.
Then it was on to picking up the projects that Garry and I had been working on. One of these was trying to match business opportunities between buyers and sellers. There is a serious shortage of beef in the capital and 2 million cattle for sale in Karamoja. But not the right type of cattle!! This one is around 500 kgs and costs around 300 pounds sterling. I am waiting to find out if it is financially viable for the buyer. Fingers crossed.
This is a different project. We were given some IT training and an incentive for attending is lunch. Yes, you've got it!
We decided to make it into dinner instead, accompanied with a few beers around the homemade barbie
This is a potential new friend, who will hopefully develop an appetite for meat with her rice.
Sliding Rock on Saturday afternoon and a family turned up to celebrate a 25th birthday. How they made a cake, I have no idea and my stomach didn't forgive me for eating the icing, but it was very good.
No, it's not the Tour de Uganda. The public health workers aren't paid but one of these very heavy bicycles is an incentive to cycle round the villages administering vaccinations and medecines.
This was another unusual house guest , who left his coat behind. Apparently a puff adder. Don't worry he didn't make it into the house, the guard found the skin in the grounds where they like to sunbathe on the rocks. I have stopped wandering around in bare feet though.
Back in May, Uganda was dry and dusty and not exactly pictoresque. With the rains, everything has turned green and sunflowers are popping up everywhere.
.
This is the sunflower group project. The Nge Komi Ladies group have a sunflower oil machine that they can't afford to install. Here is the part finished building that you guys back in UK are helping to finish. Building is due to start next week. Progress is slow, so bear with me but I will keep you updated.
Hope you like the new blog.
Bye for now
Alison
