GrassRootsUganda.com in the news (kinda)

GrassRootsUganda.com in the news (kinda)

11^h December 2006
I was recently setting up yet another craft group in the village of Naggalama (where Spike works) when a couple of journalists approached. They were very interested in what we are doing, so I chatted them for about a half an hour and gave them the lowdown.

The also wanted me to pose for a few pictures, which was fine. Lawrence, the head of the NGO that Spike works for, mysteriously produced a big sign bedecked with his NGOs logo and insisted that he shake my hand in front of the sign for the cameras. Stealing a little bit of reflected glory methinks...

What eventually eventuated from all of this was:

A brief clip on the radio
I didn't hear it myself, but Chris reported that he heard it. It was spoken in Lugandan, so it was a string of words that he didn't understand interlaced with things like "GrassRootsUganda.com", "NGO", and "necklaces".
A very brief mention in the newspaper
Which is reproduced here in all its page six glory.

The first sentence gets nothing right. Grassroot Uganda (?) is not a global NGO, nor is it "multi-million", whatever that is. The second sentence is a bit better.

Mind you, I can't complain. It got a slightly higher priority than the page seven bestiality article...

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