After more than two years I was finally given an ‘Acholi name’: Lakica (one who is merciful) – I’ll take that! What a lovely name 🙂
Dan’s Acholi name is Olara (meaning ‘saved’ as in ‘I saved/helped’ somebody).
Jody
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Dan, Myron and Jody
Earlier days and happier times with these pigs… before swine fever.
Our brave Myron!
A demonstration lesson with P1.
Jody with P1 class teachers and the lovely P1 class (not all 142 present, but many of them!)
Our first set of published phonics readers!
Look who found a big rat!
School classroom built from church ruins.
Always a teacher… helping out children with some extra homework during a teaching visit to South Sudan.
A P1 pupils’ written work on a slate during a phonics lesson.
Dan and Myron on the road…
Teacher training…
Dan, JB and Bear.
Children putting into practise what their teachers have learnt – practical activities!
Jody teaching student teachers at the local Primary Teacher’s College about how to read aloud
On a refreshing weekend away to Sipi Falls.
Jody sharing at the local primary teacher’s college on reading fluency.
Sharing some laughs over reading games.
Dan and Myron after a bike ride.
Joanne and Dan
Hippo’ing around at mini golf.
Using local materials for teacher training…
Anyone for a game of football? There’s no electricity in this village in South Sudan but there is a generator and football hall – what more do you need?
Dan and Myron at Fort Porta.The Recreation Project
Dan and Jodes... in Gulu, Uganda 
Beautiful!
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Thanks Jen 🙂 Didn’t mention that Dan rejected the last name I was given ‘Aber’ which means ‘good’. Every mzungu we know around here is called ‘Aber’: our American neighbour is Aber, good Kiwi friend is Aber, so we he thought we can’t all be Aber! They didn’t take offence, just thought it was funny. But I think Lakica is much nicer! xx
When are you off on holiday?
We head off next Monday (17th). Bus from Gulu to Kampala, then another bus from Kampala to Nairobi, then a flight to Malindi (the coast). Looking forward to the end destination 🙂