• One of my uni readings is the first chapter in the Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire. During the introduction, Freire discusses the [...]

  Oppressed or oppressor?

  18/08/2016
• One of my workers came up to me today and said: ‘If you want me to work, you need to work with me because when I am by myself, I become [...]

  Hardworking…

  17/08/2016
• So what do you do when you wait for your motorbike to get fixed? Play cards for a couple of hours with the shop owner, his wife and staff from [...]

  Your deal.

  16/08/2016
• A few days ago we said goodbye to Emma Alguire, a brilliant intern who came out to Uganda from Concordia University in Canada. Emma stayed for [...]

  Goodbye Emma…

  15/08/2016

• It is the middle of the wet season here. There are two wet seasons in Gulu, but we are in the middle of the ‘big rains’. Last night [...]

  A wet, smelly night…

  13/08/2016
• I think I lost my first round dealing with local authorities in Uganda. It’s a little bit difficult to explain what it is like dealing with [...]

  Uganda: 1; Jody: 0

  06/08/2016
• Thank you to all our friends, friends-of-friends, relatives-of-friends and just all-round awesome people who threw in some dosh for our classroom [...]

  We reached the target!

  04/08/2016