Adventures in Africa
Hey Everyone,
Sorry I haven’t been on in a while, I have been in Africa. I have been volunteering for an organization called Soft Power Education in Uganda, more specifically in Bujagali. I have been here for 2 weeks now and been loving every minute of it. I highly recommend it for any adventurous people out there. You meet some really nice people here, the locals are really friendly and everything is super cheap. You can buy a beer that is almost twice the size of a regular beer for $1. The living situation here is unlike any other, the children don’t wear shoes and all their clothes are ragged and dirty. As you drive or walk around the town all the kids come running and grab your hands and walk with you or wave at you and ask you how you are doing. It’s really very cute. Even the little babies that can barely walk get up and jump up and down waving but they struggle to stay upright and fall over all the time. I will be leaving here in a few days to head to Kenya for some Safaris.
If anyone would like to ask me any questions or share your own experiences please feel free to post your comments.
Talk soon
How do you say ‘Hi my name is Michelle and I think I’m tops’ in swahilli?
Haha L.B.
It’s awesome what you’re going over there Michelle. I can’t wait to see some photos!!
I have a question for you…
What has been the highlight of your trip so far?
Definitely share photos when you return, what a unique experience it is, I’m sure.
What foods and edible things have you been exposed to?
Haha L.B.
It’s awesome what you’re going over there Michelle. I can’t wait to see some photos!!
I have a question for you…
What has been the highlight of your trip so far?
I will definitely be showing a lot of photos I have over 1000 so far.
In terms of the highlight of the trip… I would have to say walking to the preschool and having little 3,4 and 5 year old greeting you with a song and then grabbing your hands and pulling you to their classrooms. They love cameras so they were posing and sitting on our laps. It was really neat to see how friendly they are to strangers.
Definitely share photos when you return, what a unique experience it is, I’m sure.
What foods and edible things have you been exposed to?
I have eaten many different types of food so far, the most common has been beans and rice with irish potatoes. When I’m volunteering painting at the school we get fed and eat with our hands, it’s very interesting eating rice and beans with your fingers. The fruit here is amazing, the pineapple and banana are so fresh and juicy. They have this fruit called yaka fruit it’s very sweet but you only eat part of it. You don’t want to eat the watermelon and lettuce because of the water that’s in it or rinsed with. I can’t think of much else at the moment but if i remember more I will definitely post it.
Wow, beans and rice with my fingers, sounds difficult.
What do the kids there do for fun, and how about the teenagers / college aged kids. Of course, they probably arent in college, but what do they do? work and help supply the family’s needs?
Um.. Hi.. I think i asked a question first.. Is this how its always going to be from now on. NOT HAPPY JAN.. I mean MICHELLE.
I have another question:
Is it Jan or Michelle?
Um.. Hi.. I think i asked a question first.. Is this how its always going to be from now on. NOT HAPPY JAN.. I mean MICHELLE.
Haha sorry Lauren I just didn’t have an answer for your question.. They don’t speak Swahili here, they speak Usago. And where is Jan from? I will try and call you when I get to Madrid. How was your little trip?
And my question?
Is it Jan or Michelle?
And my question?
Is it Jan or Michelle?
Hey sorry I thought I’d answered that with LB’s comment. It’s michelle, I have no idea where Jan came from
And now I know.
So, are there any standards for schooling in Bujagali?
Hey Everyone,
Sorry I haven’t been on in a while, I have been in Africa. I have been volunteering for an organization called Soft Power Education in Uganda, more specifically in Bujagali. I have been here for 2 weeks now and been loving every minute of it. I highly recommend it for any adventurous people out there. You meet some really nice people here, the locals are really friendly and everything is super cheap. You can buy a beer that is almost twice the size of a regular beer for $1. The living situation here is unlike any other, the children don’t wear shoes and all their clothes are ragged and dirty. As you drive or walk around the town all the kids come running and grab your hands and walk with you or wave at you and ask you how you are doing. It’s really very cute. Even the little babies that can barely walk get up and jump up and down waving but they struggle to stay upright and fall over all the time. I will be leaving here in a few days to head to Kenya for some Safaris.
If anyone would like to ask me any questions or share your own experiences please feel free to post your comments.
Talk soon
I did the soft power education volunteering for a day painting a local school about 2 years ago when I was on tour. We camped at Bujagali for a few days while we were there.
did you see this just out the camp grounds in the village ??
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where are you headed in kenya to see animals? which parks?
safe travels.
What meaning could that possibly have?
What meaning could that possibly have?
I was told that locals are more likely to have unprotected sex in the morning( rushing to work i guess) and AIDS is a major issue in africa. No matter the reason, it was still funny how they try to educate the locals.
another fine example
