Having taken a deep breath and got my previous rant pretty much fully out of my system, let’s get back to something more positive. There’s been great progress with the AmahaWe Uganda team in Kasese. Funds were raised in the … Continue reading
There’s a huge amount of good, grass-roots work being done by AmahaWe Uganda, other NGOs and small groups of local community leaders around Uganda. Progress is slowly, but visibly being made in trying to raise rural communities out of poverty. … Continue reading
Although we’ve only had it 6 years, our Land Rover is now almost 20 years old. Apart from a few well documented repairs while we’ve been in Africa, it’s in what could (perhaps generously) be called ‘very original condition’. All … Continue reading
The patch we had put across the whole top of the tent bag Before we left the car in Entebbe had done a great job and there was no sign of damp or bugs. Unfortunately, the first time we opened … Continue reading
Where to start? Forgive us friends for we have sinned – no ‘confessions’, posts, or updates since Christmas. We’ve maintained radio-silence for a while because we left the car in Uganda and flew back to the UK for … Continue reading
We’ve just had an update from our website hosting provider and they confirm we’ve had over 9,700 separate people view our little blog and over 67,000 hits. Wow. Shocked and stunned. We know one or two diehard pals like Judith … Continue reading
Leaving Uganda was tough. We knew it would be tough because we’ve made so many friends and had such a great time with the Fuel Briquette team that it was hard to drag ourselves away. The quantity and quality of … Continue reading
…I could watch people do it all day. Our last week in Kasese started, as usual, with car trouble. Last week had been the break-in and getting the lock repaired so that we could shut the door. This week it … Continue reading
We’ve been in Uganda almost three months and it seems to have flown by. Much of that time has been spent with the Amaha We Uganda team in the Kasese District, the southern section of the Rwenzori Mountains. It really … Continue reading
No sign of our stolen goods turning up so we threw ourselves into helping to complete the build of the new Amaha We Uganda (AWU) community library in Kasese. We’ve got a new team of lads making AWU Fuel Briquettes … Continue reading