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  • After patiently waiting outside immigration for about two hours we clamber inside carrying all documents we have been asked to bring (the folder [...]

    Immigration: almost there…

    15/05/2013
  • This notice was stuck to a plastic table for sale in a Ugandan supermarket. Note: the staff were taking ‘leisure’ on the rugs nearby, [...]

    No leisure allowed

    15/05/2013
  • I don’t condone violence as a teacher: the children here quickly realised that the ‘Muzungu’ teacher will not hit them, but [...]

    First time of violence in my classroom!

    07/05/2013
  • “My father never allowed me to go to school. He said that in our culture, men would never marry an educated woman. But now I am so happy to [...]

    “My father neve…

    05/05/2013
  • Scenario: Have almost all the paperwork ready to apply for a permit to stay longer. In meantime, need to apply for a visa extension while we get [...]

    Immigration: No stamp… no envelope

    26/04/2013
  • Thanks to everyone for your prayers and support re: Ojok Christopher and his operation on his feet. I spoke to his sister tonight and from what I [...]

    Operation a success!

    16/04/2013
  • When the inspectors come and you are to be observed this is what we do: all children to put up their hand, right hand if they know the answer, [...]

    Inspectors are coming… Here’s some advice

    15/04/2013
  • This brave little drummer boy has half completed the daring task of shaving his long luscious locks for the children of Gulu. And his wife was [...]

    Jimmy ‘halfcut’

    09/04/2013
  • This brave little drummer boy has half completed the daring task of shaving his long luscious locks for the children of Gulu. And his wife was [...]

    Jimmy ‘halfcut’

    09/04/2013
  • If you don’t own a hat just… make one! Out of an old bag of cement of course! Now that is just ingenious and certainly good recycling 🙂

    Cement-bag-hat

    25/03/2013

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