Volunteering in Uganda

The Kingdom of Uganda is a fairy tale. You climb a railway instead of a beanstalk and at the end there is a wonderful new world. The scenery is different, the vegetation is different, the climate is different and, most of all, the people are different from anything elsewhere to be seen in the whole range of Africa. Uganda... the pearl of Africa.

Sir Winston Churchill

I'm volunteering in Uganda from the 15th of August until the 30th of January 2007. That's a total of 24 weeks. I will record all my journal entries about Uganda here.

March 2007

17 Mar - Some East African Characters I Have Met

February 2007

22 Feb - Facts and Figures from my East African Experience
20 Feb - A Couple of Kiwis in Kitum
18 Feb - The Guest House Siege of 2007
12 Feb - Best and Worst Experiences in East Africa

January 2007

24 Jan - My scariest moment in Africa

December 2006

31 Dec - GrassRootsUganda.com Video
30 Dec - Crazymalc on Safari
25 Dec - Christmas in Uganda
24 Dec - Movin' Right Along
18 Dec - More stories from the ladies in Kitgum
16 Dec - Return to Kitgum - Birthday celebrations
15 Dec - Return to Kitgum - Closing down the night shelters
14 Dec - Return to Kitgum - USAID and the WFP
11 Dec - GrassRootsUganda.com in the news (kinda)
10 Dec - Flotsam and Jetsam
09 Nov - Mama passes away
01 Dec - And we're go! GrassRootsUganda.com is Live!

November 2006

25 Nov - The Rwandan Genocide Memorials
24 Nov - Adventures in Rwanda
16 Nov - The stories of the ladies in Naggalama village
15 Nov - The stories of the ladies in Namukama village
14 Nov - An article about GrassRootsUganda.com
13 Nov - GrassRootsUganda.com Update
11 Nov - Kitgum: God must of been asleep (Jeffery's story)
10 Nov - Kitgum: The story of the ladies in Kitgum
08 Nov - Kitgum: Exorcisms
07 Nov - Kitgum: The IDP Camps
06 Nov - Kitgum: The Night Commuters
05 Nov - Kitgum: The LRA (Lord's Resistance Army)
04 Nov - Kitgum: All about Kitgum
03 Nov - Kitgum: Stories from the war torn North

October 2006

21 Oct - Winning Photo Competitions
20 Oct - Man Camp
15 Oct - The stories of the ladies in Buvunya village
14 Oct- Paper into Pearls
05 Oct - Feeling the Pinch
04 Oct - Visiting the slums of Kenya
03 Oct - Visiting the Good Shepard Orphanage
02 Oct - Getting my freak on with a giraffe
01 Oct - Kenyan Road Trip

September 2006

29 Sep - Superstar Ugandans and Beads
27 Sep - Mental health and IT projects
23 Sep - Rafting the Nile
17 Sep - African Blood
15 Sep - The Detritus of my Existence
11 Sep - What's next Crazymalc?
08 Sep - Empowering African Women
07 Sep - Goals for Africa
06 Sep - Best Practice Volunteerism
04 Sep - The problem with volunteerism
03 Sep - Helping the elderly to read
02 Sep - Carrots (and cabbages) for the hungry
01 Sep - How to save Africa

August 2006

29 Aug - Macro video
28 Aug - Getting Dirty in the grass roots
27 Aug - All about MACRO and the work they do
26 Aug - Black People
20 Aug - Funerals, Not Being Robbed, and Deadly Bus Rides
19 Aug - Craft Projects
18 Aug - My Home in Uganda
17 Aug - Arriving in Uganda

May 2006

27 May - Invisible Children and the Global Night Commute

Do you like the work that I am doing?

Wanna help in a real and tangible way?

Then visit GrassRootsUganda.com and purchase some crafts made by Ugandan ladies. 100% of the profits are returned to the ladies

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(c) 2005, 2006 and 2007 Malcolm Trevena.
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