This morning Leslie took me and Sarah out to the PACE project. I was able to see the updates since I gave them the money last week. The school now has proper doors and windows and they are working on finishing the latrines. I gave them the school supplies they requested and they were so thankful.
We spent a bit of time there and played with the kids. There is even some video and me, Betty (the 68 year old director of the school), Leslie and Sarah jumping rope with the kids. We were all a bit rusty but we managed to jump a few times without it getting caught. The school also has a small piggery project so we watched and video taped the kids trying to catch the piglets. There was so much squealing, I felt bad for the little pigs, but the kids had a great time showing us them.
There were also 2 small girls who were sisters, one was 3 and the other was 5. I was told that they have lived a rough life, many deaths in the family and are now unsure of people. One girl is extra clingy and her older sister is over protective. The young one hung on to one of us the whole time. She held so tight and didn’t want to let go. When it was time to start school her older sister came over and collected her. Sad but so cute to see them cope with what life gave them.
Once we left Seeta Sarah and I went into Kampala to buy our passes for chimp trekking this weekend. We spent the afternoon running around Kampala and taking boda boda’s (motorcycle taxi’s) everywhere. For lunch we went to a muzungu restaurant and had proper food, I had the steak sandwich with cheese. Mmmmmmm cheese. My stomach was a bit upset afterwards but it was so worth it.
The ride home from Kampala took forever. What normally is a 1 hour drive took us over 2 hours. We were stuck in traffic and ended up taking a back way home. We arrived late but stayed up having great conversation with the other volunteers. Note: must investigate the “She Wee”. (photos to come)
Jenn
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