My two year stint in Uganda is coming to an end. So wonderful to be here! Students and colleagues have been fantastic, really appreciated the opportunity to get to know some wonderful people running homes for vulnerable children, I’ve met Stanley the artist, engaged with a lovely church, all in the Pearl of Africa, aContinue reading “25/06/22: return to the UK, the countdown is on!”
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01/05/22: getting round Kampala on the back of a boda (2)
About a year ago I wrote this post about getting round Kampala on the back of a boda, or boda boda, a motorcycle acting as a taxi. It is remarkable how quickly something which starts of as completely unthinkable becomes entirely normal. A number of colleagues stop and offer me lifts in their cars ifContinue reading “01/05/22: getting round Kampala on the back of a boda (2)”
02/01/22: a brief trip to Jinja
A very happy new year to all my readers, may 2022 bring peace, happiness and fresh purpose. Thank you for your support, look forward to keeping in touch in the new year. Between Christmas and new year I took myself off to Jinja for a few days. Jinja is, I think, the closest tourist resortContinue reading “02/01/22: a brief trip to Jinja”
19/9/21: boat trip on Lake Victoria
In this blog post I described the walk from Muyenga, the suburb of Kampala in which I’m living, to the shores of Lake Victoria along a train line. Once you’re there you can take a boat ride on to the Lake and explore some of the nearby islands. So last Sunday that is what IContinue reading “19/9/21: boat trip on Lake Victoria”
7/7/21: assembly for Ranelagh School
I made the following video which was shown in assembly at Ranelagh School this week, as I say thank you for their fund raising – see this blog post also – say a bit about Uganda and conclude with a thought from the Bible. Hope you like it!
9/6/21: guest blog by Justin from Goma, DRC
It gives me great pleasure to introduce this blog post by Justin Dunia from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo which shares a border with Uganda. I met Justin through our mutual friend Ludger who is a fellow supporter of the Kampala Christian Orphanage. It was an extraordinary privilege to be in touch with Justin duringContinue reading “9/6/21: guest blog by Justin from Goma, DRC”
6/6/21: thank you, Ranelagh School!
When I returned to school in September 2019 after I visited Kampala Christian Orphanage, I found myself on the 6th form assembly rota when the theme was, “Give us today our daily bread.” So I based the assembly around my visit, and served up my version of posho and beans, the staple meal here, theContinue reading “6/6/21: thank you, Ranelagh School!”
15/5/21: I had intended to learn some Luganda….
My attempts to learn languages over the years have met with varying success. The best was learning Indonesian when I was on short term missionary service when I was 18. Not long before I had been attending classes at school headed ‘French’, there is part of me which feels I owe the British tax payerContinue reading “15/5/21: I had intended to learn some Luganda….”
9/5/21: the walk to Lake Victoria
One of the many pleasures of living here is being within walking distance of Lake Victoria, according to Wikipedia the third largest in the world after the Caspian Sea and Lake Superior. As can be seen in the map below the shores are in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya with Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic RepublicContinue reading “9/5/21: the walk to Lake Victoria”
1/5/21: it’s been raining!
Kampala literally means, “Hill of the impala” and was originally built on 7 hills, increased urbanisation means this is now 28 – depending on exactly where you draw the city lines. When actually in Kampala these hills are very obvious, more so than in the photograph above, taken from the roof of the school whenContinue reading “1/5/21: it’s been raining!”
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