Uganda: Days 3-4

Day 3

Accommodation

Woke up early to the sound of the crickets, birds and the cockerel! It is exam time for the children in the senior school so many of them had lessons today (Saturday). It was also ‘wash day’ for everyone including the younger children who are either boarders or live in the orphanage – Evelyn’s Home.

Had a tour of the site, which includes Tower Primary School for the infants, Bexhill Senior School, accommodation for the teachers, boarders and dormitories for the orphanage plus the Medcare Centre, which provides medical care for children from the village.

Evelyn's Home (orphanage)

Tower Primary School

Kindergarten

Bexhill High School Kitchen - Making Posha eaten with beans

Posha

Teachers Accommodation

Teachers toilets and wash room

Medcare - Well Spring Medical Centre - treats children from the village

High School children coming out of assembly

'Wash Day'

I went to visit a Ugandan lady named Prossy who lives in the village of Kamutuuza. Prossy helps make the school uniforms.

Homes in Kamutuuza Village

Prossy's home

Day 4

Went to church for 7 a.m. (Young people’s service) which is on the same site as the school. Ugandan time is very different!! People just kept coming and coming after 7 a.m. they are never on time! The service was in English but then they had an adult service at 10 a.m. for people from the village which is in their own language of Lugandan.

The younger children have their own service led by the older children. They dance and sing to the beat of the bongo drums. The teenagers also have a service on site, which they run themselves in a classroom. They have organised their own choir and they also sing and dance to the beat of the bongo drums!

On Sunday the Ugandan ladies wear the traditional Ugandan costume which has pointed shoulders. The children wear their Sunday best.