Hello all! Believe it or not I'm back in Uganda... So quick catch up; before me and Phil left; we went rafting down the river Nile which was amazing; but the rafting instructors were thoroughly un-Ugandan and Westernised to the point that it was disgusting; and other than our volunteer crew and a lovely couple from Cardiff we were the only British people on the trip. The rest were vile ignorant Americans who would take pictures of everything, be it pretty lands...

THE LATRINE CAMPAIGN! On Saturday 7th March at around 5pm our time we set up a website for people to donate money, so that we could provide a family of 7 with a latrine. That was a mere 3 weeks ago. We only asked for around 200/300 pounds for our project to happen. Since then we have received, at this current moment, 1320 pounds from 57 amazing caring individuals. Such was the sudden and vast response from these people, it meant that our pipeline campaign imme...

Week 3 - Rain is coming! When you are first dropped in an entirely black African community, the first thing that stands out is the sheer white full sets of teeth everyone has. The sole reason for everyone's considerable dental hygiene is sugar cane. It's everywhere. And it's delicious! I tried it for the first time whilst on outreach earlier this week, and from then on I haven't looked back. I have now completely submitted to the very realistic notion of eventua...

"A STORY ABOUT JOSH'S FARM" - a short novel by John Kenneth; Head boy of Jolly Mercy School and student of P7 class: "Once upon a time in a far away town called London, there lived a fine young man called Josh. Josh was a farmer and had the best farm in the whole of London. Day after day Josh worked very hard on his farm. Josh's farm was in a beautiful valley and a gently flowing river passed through his garden. Josh's neighbours used to say to Jo...

2 WEEKS DOWN 6 TO GO If you try smiling with both sets of teeth chances are you look slightly ridiculous and give people the unnerving impression that you are a part-time maniac. Curiously the people in Uganda pull of the full-teethed grin remarkably well. Their smile is genuine, warming and an often occasion. Strangers are all too keen to have something to smile about.This took quite a while to get used to, coming from England and city settings. Women here, ...