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Blog changes - 22/Nov/2010 22:52 - 4904 days ago
I am going to have this blog printed as a book and have had to replace the Uganda-dead-slow-internet-uploadable-sized photos wit...
Last post - 24/Oct/2009 13:38 - 5298 days ago
This is my last post on this blog. Our student that we co-sponsor, Doreen, is doing well in her classes. News of her progress ...
HOME! - 06/Oct/2009 08:46 - 5316 days ago
After tearful goodbyes in Kampala and at the airport, we took the long journey home to Scotland.We've been touring the Inverness...
Bye Uganda....turebane bwanyima (see ya later) - 01/Oct/2009 19:00 - 5321 days ago
In about 18 hourswe will say goodbye to Uganda and board our flight home to Scotland via Dubai. Last Friday we left the campus a...
Last days - 24/Sep/2009 15:12 - 5328 days ago
Seems like everyone has invited us for a goodbye meal and we've enjoyed them all immensely. We had our leaving do/party at the c...
Mini-portrait of 2 years in Uganda - 14/Sep/2009 17:51 - 5338 days ago
new arrivals.....trying to figure out how to phone the VSO office when nobody met us at the airportarriving at our campus house ...
Lions and elephants and warthogs, oh my..... - 08/Sep/2009 13:09 - 5344 days ago
During this past weekend we took a Ugandan friend of ours, Tugume, and his wife, Merib, to Lake Mburo National Park. As is typic...
The final month - 03/Sep/2009 07:12 - 5349 days ago
The college is on term break until September 7th so Danny and I have been taking short holidays the last couple of weeks such as...
New volunteers - 01/Sep/2009 17:24 - 5351 days ago
We are leaving our campus in just over 3 weeks and spending a week in Kampala before flying home. A new group of volunteers arri...
Hair salons in Uganda - 28/Aug/2009 16:19 - 5355 days ago
It is difficult to find a hair stylist in Uganda that knows how to properly cut mzungu hair, and most will refuse to try. I too...
Socializing with Ugandans - 24/Aug/2009 11:29 - 5359 days ago
Many (maybe most) volunteers don't socialize with Ugandans outside the work environment. When we first arrived on our campus one...
Doreen, Makerere University student! - 14/Aug/2009 15:17 - 5369 days ago
Doreen Nyamwija is now enrolled at Makerere University Business School. In three years time her degree will be a Bachelor of Ent...
Our gifted student, Doreen - 02/Aug/2009 15:44 - 5381 days ago
Today at the secondary school Doreen attended there was a church service followed by a presentation of gifts to the top three re...
A few shopping/dining tips for new volunteers - 01/Aug/2009 17:10 - 5382 days ago
As we have been based in Mbarara I have some tips for those whose placement is in/near Mbarara.Markets with imported goodsPearlK...
Update on Doreen - 29/Jul/2009 07:35 - 5385 days ago
Doreen, the young lady who is being sponsored to attend university by friends, family and us, has been accepted to two programme...
Holiday and other stuff...... - 27/Jul/2009 14:25 - 5387 days ago
For the past two weeks my family (brother, his wife, 2 kids) toured Uganda with a safari company. Memorable (and forgettable) ex...
Mixed emotions - 02/Jul/2009 08:42 - 5412 days ago
3 months from today we leave Uganda to return home to Scotland. As happy and excited as I am about going back to Scotland after...
Update on Doreen, future lawyer - 14/Jun/2009 09:09 - 5430 days ago
Yesterday we met with Doreen who had just returned from 2 weeks in Kampala. Besides applying to Uganda Christian University she...
A few more cultural differences - 28/May/2009 09:52 - 5447 days ago
RainEverything and everybody stop when it rains. Students and teachers don't go to school. Employees don't go to work. This ...
Jacana Lodge - QENP - 18/May/2009 15:16 - 5457 days ago
Over the weekend Danny and I stayed at a lodge we hadn’t visited before – Jacana Lodge.http://www.geolodgesafrica.com/jacana...
Lake Bunyonyi - May - 11/May/2009 11:29 - 5464 days ago
The college is still on term break, so Danny and I took another wee trip and spent 5 days and 4 nights at Lake Bunyonyi, very cl...
Updates: Doreen, misc photos - 05/May/2009 18:24 - 5470 days ago
Update on DoreenWe have sufficient sponsorship from some generous people and are now anxiously awaiting the results of her appli...
Indulging on May Day weekend - 03/May/2009 17:08 - 5472 days ago
Over the May Day holiday weekend Danny and I were guests at the homes of dear friends - onefamily on Friday and the other on Sat...
A goat.....and a passport.... - 30/Apr/2009 11:14 - 5475 days ago
No....the goat didn't eat a passport.We have been invited to the farm of our next door neighbour for a big meal tomorrow with hi...
Doreen, hopeful law student....cont. - 29/Apr/2009 17:34 - 5476 days ago
A huge thanks to those who have committed to help Doreen attend university. The university will distribute acceptance letters in...
Correction to request for student sponsorship - 21/Apr/2009 15:07 - 5484 days ago
RE: previous post:I was misinformed as to the number of semesters per year at Uganda Christian University. There are 2 semester...
Sponsorship of student for law degree - 20/Apr/2009 13:17 - 5485 days ago
Danny and I get many requests to sponsor students for secondary school or universities and since we haven't won the lottery and,...
Ummmm... a hardware bug? - 03/Apr/2009 11:54 - 5502 days ago
Danny found this when he taking apart one of the college computers. He claims to have discovered the first 'hardware bug'. LOL...
Computer books and CD-ROMs - 30/Mar/2009 11:31 - 5506 days ago
The computer books and CD-ROMs arrived today. The box was smashed (as usual for Ugandan post) but contents are fine.Thanks so ve...
Adventure? - 29/Mar/2009 11:32 - 5507 days ago
Right. Aye, okay. Uh huh. Methinks the adventure of living in Uganda is well and truly gone! Evidence of this is that I'm very ...
Deafness in Uganda - 25/Mar/2009 13:15 - 5511 days ago
This morning we were entertained with a play by a troupe of deaf Ugandans. They are calledThe Silent Theatreand they were very t...
A few thoughts..... - 22/Mar/2009 15:35 - 5514 days ago
A couple of cultural differences....One of the cultural differences between the west and Uganda is that women are shocked to lea...
Explaining the economic meltdown.... - 13/Mar/2009 13:38 - 5523 days ago
The economic crisis affects the world. In Uganda we've noticed prices rising and a leap in the exchange rate. This book is very ...
What I will/won't miss when we leave Uganda - 07/Mar/2009 05:53 - 5529 days ago
I read/heard from a few people who claim the 18 month mark in a 2 year volunteer placement is significant to many volunteers/par...
Packages and Ugandan postal 'service' - 27/Feb/2009 12:45 - 5537 days ago
There have been packages posted to us here in Uganda which have never been received.I just wanted to let everyone know who has s...
Uganda trip report - 17/Feb/2009 13:38 - 5547 days ago
Danny's daughter, Kathleen, and her husband, Riaan, visited us for the first two weeks in February. Aside from a couple of 'glit...
On a tour of Uganda..... - 15/Feb/2009 09:29 - 5549 days ago
...with Danny's daughter, Kathleen, and her husband, Riaan.We travelled mainly through western Uganda with them for two weeks an...
On safari - 04/Feb/2009 17:24 - 5560 days ago
We are currently travelling around Uganda with Danny's daughter and her husband. Our itinerary includes the national parks of L...
Tips on settling in for volunteers outside of Kampala - 12/Jan/2009 06:32 - 5583 days ago
These are tips only for volunteers outside of Kampala since Kampala is a totally different world from the rest of Uganda - plent...
Back in Uganda - 10/Jan/2009 17:20 - 5585 days ago
We have returned from our 3 week holiday in Michigan with my family. It was wonderful to see everybody (especially my granddaug...
Runyankole Language - Files Uploaded - 01/Jan/2009 00:30 - 5594 days ago
I have finished the Runyankole web page with downloadable .pdf files and audio file. I will likely add to it later.http://www.m...
Happy New Year!! - 31/Dec/2008 22:32 - 5595 days ago
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