(from Dillon)
Everything is going amazing here. The work at school is coming along slowly but surely, and we're even thinking about taking on some new building projects before the summer is done. I'm working with Alaana alot on the health and nutrition classes, which I think has been a great arrangment. They can be a little stressful even for two people, so I can't imagine how stressed Alaana would be handling them alone :) They are coming along nicely though. Right now, we're talking with the students about Malaria. With the older kids, some of it is review and with the younger kids, some of it a little tough, but overall I think the students are learning alot. Vocational training has also been a huge success; the parents have been really eager to come to school and teach their trade, and the students are equally eager to learn. We're thinking about leaving a pretty big chunk of money behind to continue the classes after we're leave. We're having trouble deciding how and with who we should leave the money though.
Everything is going amazing here. The work at school is coming along slowly but surely, and we're even thinking about taking on some new building projects before the summer is done. I'm working with Alaana alot on the health and nutrition classes, which I think has been a great arrangment. They can be a little stressful even for two people, so I can't imagine how stressed Alaana would be handling them alone :) They are coming along nicely though. Right now, we're talking with the students about Malaria. With the older kids, some of it is review and with the younger kids, some of it a little tough, but overall I think the students are learning alot. Vocational training has also been a huge success; the parents have been really eager to come to school and teach their trade, and the students are equally eager to learn. We're thinking about leaving a pretty big chunk of money behind to continue the classes after we're leave. We're having trouble deciding how and with who we should leave the money though.
The best part so far has been interactingwith the kids and seeing all of Uganda. The kids at school literally fight to hold our hands, which is cute and makes us feel like we're doing something right :) The people in Uganda have really embraced us as well. We've made a huge number of friends and contacts, which has been an enormous help. They let us stay with them whenever we are out of town, and help us get in contact with the right people etc. We're even thinking about having one of our contacts back to Duke in the spring through the Duke Conversations program, maybe to help educate the next group a little bit? Just a thought.
The toughest part has been being away from all the ammenities of the States. Warm showers, clean clothes, etc. But I enjoy roughing it, so no major worries there.
In the upcoming weeks we'll just be working on our projects and maybe starting a few new ones. We're also thinking about doing a fun excursion or two before we leave -- maybe a rafting trip or safari? We just feel like we can't leave Africa without doing something like that!
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