March 2010
2 posts
Leaving Uganda
Hello again from Kampala!
My apologies to anyone who has been checking the blog! After week one the internet we had bought completely stopped working and we were unable to fix it, so we’ve spent the last four weeks or so without any internet.
Today I’m headed to the airport to start the long, 34-hour journey home. My time in Uganda has been completely amazing; it is a country...
February 2010
2 posts
Education is the Best Investment!
Agandi!
Life here in Nyakagyezi has proven to be quiet and peaceful, with the occasional spurt of children playing outside during their breaks. Over the last few days Anya and I have tutored a total of six students from P4, all around ten or eleven years old. Tutoring has been a lot of fun; I’ve been able to jog my own childhood memories with books like Green Eggs and Ham and Little...
My first days in Nyakagyezi!
I have to say, being here is unreal. I’ve been planning this trip for a little less than two years now and I can’t believe I’m actually sitting here in Southwestern Uganda, here at Nyaka. The school looks wonderful, and the people here have been so welcoming. The bus ride here was definitely an interesting experience. We got on the bus around 6:00 am and arrived only around...
January 2010
3 posts
Boda-Bodas and Fast City Action
Hello All,
My friend Anya and I arrived yesterday in Kampala, Uganda and it has been quite an experience to see the big city! The best I can describe it is as huge, busy, and yet not exactly urban in that there are shacks and dirt roads everywhere of the kind I would expect in a small village.
Driving in this city is absolutely insane! Where there are traffic lights, they are not really followed...
Nyaka AIDS Orphans School →
Overview: Nyaka Nutritional Assessment Project
Hello everyone! My name is Monika, I’m a Nutritional Sciences student at MSU, and I’ll be going to the MSU College of Human Medicine next year.
I am traveling to Nyakagyezi, Uganda in February and March to carry out a project I put together. I’m hoping this experience will teach me a little more about international research, especially since I hope to travel internationally in...