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A time to vent… I wasn’t planning on posting again so quickly but, returning home elated and frustrated at the same time, Dan suggests [...]
28/05/2014
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Time for hospitality… Over the past six days we have reflected and pondered on some parts of the local Acholi African culture that have [...]
26/05/2014
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Times when I just can’t sleep! There is a law here (I’m told) that bars and disco halls must close and music be turned off at midnight. No [...]
25/05/2014
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Times when we try not to conform This one’s from Dan… I recently had to get someone arrested as we came across evidence of large-scale theft. [...]
24/05/2014
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Times when I will not bow down Walking through the school playground, pupils squat down as I and other teachers walk past as a mark of respect [...]
23/05/2014
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Times when I am thankful I was not born here I am often asked by locals how many children do I have. When I reply none, the response is generally [...]
22/05/2014
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Times when I just don’t know what to do. Lining up outside a shop in town waiting to buy some local popcorn, an elderly woman comes up to me, [...]
21/05/2014
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When I feel I am smashing my head up against a brick wall. Let me set the scene: I have been teaching voluntarily for almost one and a half years [...]
20/05/2014
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This week one of my ‘Facebook Friends’ commented on a post I wrote, stating that I live a very exciting life out here in Uganda and that she [...]
20/05/2014
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The following blog post (click link below) is a couple of years old, but I read it for the first time a few nights ago, when a friend posted it [...]
06/05/2014
Dan and Jodes... in Gulu, Uganda 