It’s been a busy week! I had a great trip and so this post won’t be filled with great thoughts or reflections but more to share pictures and a quick update!
Rolling matoke plants
Children thinking "who are all these white people hiking through our farm?"
This is my neighbor Juliet, her daughter, Priscilla, and my site mate Alaina. This is the picture from the day Juliet and Priscilla moved. Juliet's husband, Okello, is one of the teachers who was transferred. Even across this past month I've grown to love them so much so I couldn't even imagine how hard it was for Alaina, who has spent this past year with them, to say goodbye. Even though it was hard, I'm still very thankful to meet them and love them.
After Juliet and Priscilla left, we had Drop Everything and Read day! It was a great success with the college kids reading to the primary pupils!
It was a busy week with a quick workshop with the first year college students about implementing non-violent disciplinary practices in the classroom and then a workshop about Reusable Menstrual Pads to a women’s cooperative south of Masaka. I met with the Early Childhood Education Tutor at the college and we discussed ways I could get involved and help support their program. Now I’m headed up to Kampala to attend a meeting to discuss issues volunteers have with the Peace Corps staff and to hopefully crash a meeting about Diversity issues in Peace Corps.
So all in all things are picking up and I feel I’m settling in. Still emotional ups and downs and I’m sure things will crumble a little bit soon in a way I could never expect but for now- I’m happy. I’m happy to be here. I’m excited about the projects. I’m excited about my friends. I feel motivated, healthy, challenged.
Aaand! I also got some AMAZING packages from Papa Holland and Ms Sylvia Batong! They raised the bar HIGH for package contents with amazing tea, books, snacks, and legos! That alone could have completely turned things around!!
