Tukku Sanyu Kidde – Welcome to my blog

Tukku Sanyu Kidde – Welcome to my blog


I'm Simon and I'm a volunteer in Uganda.

My project is called Global Village Network. We are based on a Farm north-east of Kampala.

Our objectives are to fight poverty by improving sanitation, employment agricultural output and education in this area.

I'm staying here for a year and I'm teaching at a primary school in Kalanam.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Orientation Camp


Hello everyone!!!

The orientation camp was great, we learned a lot about Uganda’s
history and current political situation, had a Luganda language course
(the most common language in Uganda), got information about visa issues,
conflict resolution and many more.

Another tour around Kampala was also part of the program and it was a
lot easier this time, I was not that exhausted afterwards, so I guess
you just have to get used to it. (like many things here it is just
necessary to adapt to the differences).
The food at the camp was great, 3 meals every day plus 2-3 tea breaks
in between.
We were stuffed :P

I also got a taste of some of the Ugandan beer (Club and Nile), which
both were amazing.
The program usually ended at about 4 or 5 pm and sometimes me and
some of the other volunteers went on a walk afterwards.
 Once we ended up in a bar on the side of the street, the other time we walked to

lake Victoria to enjoy the view.
It was surprising that we only heard the word "Muzungu" occasionally (it means "white person") since we were almost the only Muzungus around …
OK, that should be it for the moment, next time I’ll post something
will be when I'm at my project, so wish me luck!!!!

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