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Welcome to the last of our Uganda 2011 blog. Veronika here. On Friday, the day after Chris left for UK, we arrived at Nyakasura school for one last time. A few children were already there, waiting for us and their … Continue reading →

Back to Nyakasura school to receive four primary schools, 52 in total, keen, enthusiastic and skilled reflecting the hard work put in by the coaches we trained last year. At break time all of the Nyakasura primary school children invaded … Continue reading →

Hi, Jack again, After our first night in Fort Portal, which was very loud due to the pounding rain on the tin roof, we enjoyed breakfast with our Scottish friends from the previous evening! We then set off to deliver … Continue reading →

Chris here for the final time before an early departure on Thursday. Following the relative stress of yesterday’s journey the well earned reward of a day at Mweya Safari Lodge was greeted well by all. We woke at 6 am … Continue reading →

Jeremy wrote this in stages en route: Well here we are on the bus after a 6.30 start! Been stopped several times at police checkpoints. They are very interested in our kit bags – but we explain they’re full of … Continue reading →

Helen “Mzungu” Whitehall here and as the new arrival I have got blogging duty for the day. Not much time to recover from the trip for me as we were up and at ‘em early this morning, arriving at the … Continue reading →

Hi, Veronika here. When we looked out of the window today somebody said the legendary sentence: ‘It will be another scorcher.’ And indeed, it was. We arrived at the Mbale Municipal Stadium at half past eight and watched the football … Continue reading →

So after a sparrow-fart start (that’s 7.15 to you) we headed for Mbale Municipal Stadium to meet the local teachers at 8. 75 minutes later 16 teachers arrived greeted by the local welcome ( “You are late!). While we were … Continue reading →

  We awoke on our last day in Jinja to the news that the local election had passed off peacefully and the crowds that we had seen on Main Street the night before had been kept apart by the security … Continue reading →

Hi, Jack here, as a member of the junior professionals on the trip, who have been unfairly reported on in my opinion, I was hoping to catch out some of the seniors at my first opportunity to add to the … Continue reading →