Back in our lovely little internet shack in Lutette :) wasn't planning on doing this blog thing again, but again there is too much to say to everyone individually, even though we've only been here just over a week. Feels like we never left and we're just back in our second home. It's very strange not having to endure the initial culture shock/horror/hatred of humankind that completely dominated me for a long time last time - although that probably wasn't helped ...

Unfortunately, as you might be able to tell from the 'location' of this blog, I am no longer writing to you from Uganda, but in fact from my kitchen in Molesey. Josh and I have been home for 2 weeks now due to the health of his mum, and were flown home from Uganda on emergency after having received the news 3 days before. So this is my last blog [for now] but I want to finish what I started as much as I can. Our first latrine was completed only a day before we r...

One month left. Somehow I'm half way through my time here and I have no idea how it happened. Firstly, I need to massively thank everyone who has donated money to our Toilet Campaign. We're currently on 1,320 pounds; a ridiculous amount which we never expected. Thank you so much. Everything we've been doing wouldn't be possible without this support and we're genuinely amazed at the reaction we've received. Toilet construction number one is nearly complete. It s...

Hello everyone :) Time is going scarily fast. I've now been away from home for 3 weeks; only 5 left in this place, which doesn't feel like enough at all. It's quite surreal thinking I'm fully acclimatized to such a developing country, and I'm becoming more African everyday. Possibly born on the wrong continent? Our first full week on the programme. Thus far I've done around 4 hours of English-teaching, being completely in charge of a class of 15 pupils ranging ...

2 weeks down, 6 to go. Feels like I've been here forever. The past week has been overwhelmingly frustrating - due to the appalling state of Ugandan bureaucracy; obtaining a passport application took the best part of 6 days. We've been to the British Council so many times I'm now friends with the security guard there ("I'm sure you know your way to the consular's office, miss"). Thankfully, my passport application is now complete and we can move on. We...