Alex and James have had a busy last month. When not working with HYT James and Alex have been dividing their time between a number of projects. With James volunteering mainly at Lords Meades (where he is teaching Physics and Maths) and ASCO (an orphanage for street boys), and Alex volunteering at ASCO, Sonrise (babies orphanage) and helping Sam with some administration in the HYT office. They are now both settled into the Ugandan lifestyle, using bodabodas (motorbike taxis) everyday, haggling in the market, and regularly eating the staple food, posho and beans.
Fred's chapati's (dinner in the village)Last week Alex and James went again to Kizzigo for a couple of days and were impressed by the progress made to the kitchen. It has now been roofed, walls and floors cemented and plastered and the veranda completed. While in Kizzigo they again enjoyed Fred's amazing chapati's with Fred cooking the biggest chipatti ever seen for a hungry James.
Cementing the walls of the kitchen.
Alex and James also travelled to Kasokaso (3R's) where they carried out monitoring and evaluation of the school, to see what impact HYT's work has had. They asked questions of both staff and pupils to see how HYT's work has affected the pupils' concentration levels, exam results, extra curricular activites and also to see the impact of the new buildings such as the library and counsellors room. While in Kasokaso they stayed with James and Winnie (last year's ugandan gap year students) who showed fantastic hospitality.
Washing hands before lunch at Kizzigo
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