Hayestack

Mary came for us in her old, battered, dusty, red car. She was a self-confessed missionary with  Inland Africa Mission.  Looking for all the world like everyone’s maiden aunt, she inspected our clothes. Good, I was wearing long trousers (God doesn’t like shorts, apparently) and stout shoes. We may have to trek halfway across Namibia. [...]

The English service at the ELCIN Church begins at 7am or sometime thereafter. Linda, Georgina and I arrived at 7am with Nico and Margaarith in their Toyota 4 by 4. Nico and Margaarith are an elderly, Dutch couple who have finished one 2 year stint with VSO and have extended for a further 18 [...]

The end of our visit was in sight. But before we went we just had to make one more visit.   This was to the Watoto Project situated just outside Kampala.  Though Sally had tried to contact the organisers by phone she had been unsuccessful, so they were not prepared for our visit.  In spite of [...]

Day 8 took us from Kabale to Kampala. It was Sunday, the day when, traditionally, people either go to Church or wash their cars. As we drove out of Kabale…drivers were washing their lorries next to signs that read, “Washing vehicles by the side of the road is prohibited”. A bit further down the road [...]

Penina, the director of Denis project arrived “side-saddle” on the back of a motorbike/taxi. It was a good way to travel if you wanted to avoid the squash of an over full minibus/taxi.   If you couldn’t afford the motorbike taxi you used a push-bike taxi.   I had been wondering why rows of young men on [...]

“Do you have grasshoppers in the UK?” Moses asked. We assured him we did. “Do you eat them?” he continued. We assured him we didn’t. He explained that they were a luxury food in Uganda.  Men gave them to their wives and girlfriends instead of flowers and chocolates.  “The women absol-u-u-tley [...]