January 2011 We began January 2011 with a very interesting New Year. We went to a street party at cClub Silk. The night started well when we were stuck in traffic jam for ages adn then our driver managwed to crash into another taxi while tryign to manouvre himself around. Great! When we eventually arrived lots of Uganda's top singers and performers were there - Jamal, Cindy and Chameleone to name a few. All the acts were really good and when Chameleone came on, ...

Christmas!!! So after a few days stay in Kampala and back at project we headed to the Ssese Islands for Christmas. These are a small cluster of islands in the middle of Lake Victoria. The ferry left from Entebbe - so the night before we left we decided to spend a night there. We went for the camping option and thoguht it would be fine if we used the rubbish tent with no pegs, as it would never rain....famous last words. Me and Sarah were sharing the tent. We sta...

Christmas!!! So after a few days stay in Kampala and back at project we headed to the Ssese Islands for Christmas. These are a small cluster of islands in the middle of Lake Victoria. The ferry left from Entebbe - so the night before we left we decided to spend a night there. We went for the camping option and thoguht it would be fine if we used the rubbish tent with no pegs, as it would never rain....famous last words. Me and Sarah were sharing the tent. We sta...

Travelling Kampala -Kabale -Kigale (Rwanda) -Kabale - Fort Portal - Mubende - Kampala So, since I wrote my last blog a lot of stuff has happened.The school year finished towards the end of November , when the children sat their end of term exams. If they pass they move up to the next class, if not they stay behind to resit. There are some of the children who have already done their year several times. Justine and I had the treat of marking the exam papers. Mo...

Blog - Jinja mark 1 and 2This blog entry is about a month late but oh well....For the last 2 weeks we have spent our weekends in jinja - a town to the east of Kitega - and the source of the River Nile. The first of these was for my birthday and the second for parnter's Blair and Gregg's birthday. We celebrated this in stile by white water rafting down some of the fiercest rapids in the world. As I'm pretty scared of water, to be honest, the idea fo this terrified...