yay! aaaand equally exciting, my computer is revived! =) hehe.. which means ill hopefully get some last pictures and thoughts up here soon... (and for the end of norway on my norway blog too, i just realized!). just need a little down time to catch up with myself and get life organized... so stay tuned! =)
looking forward to seeing and catching up with lots of you guys soon!
xox!
rainbow =)
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Thursday, October 4, 2007
back in Canada!
hey hey! sorry for the lack of posts in the last couple weeks... wanted to many times but internet was hard to come by in Uganda the last little bit, being in the villages, power outs in Kampala plus final field research reports and exams and all... but yes, i am indeed back in Canada now (in ontario)!!
a few more pictures and stories from Uganda to share with you for sure, but unfortunately, there was a computer virus going around in Kampala, and i thought i got off lucky, but just before i left, my computer crashed... so no pictures til i get home to vancouver and get my computer fixed. =(
but anyways, ill be home soon - Oct 11! yay! =) looking forward to seeing you all back home again!!
xox!
rainbow =)
a few more pictures and stories from Uganda to share with you for sure, but unfortunately, there was a computer virus going around in Kampala, and i thought i got off lucky, but just before i left, my computer crashed... so no pictures til i get home to vancouver and get my computer fixed. =(
but anyways, ill be home soon - Oct 11! yay! =) looking forward to seeing you all back home again!!
xox!
rainbow =)
Monday, September 10, 2007
some sights and sounds of uganda! =)
the course has been busy here with research and reports and presentations, but it’s not all work and no play... we’ve definitely been blessed with opportunities to see some of the beauty uganda has to offer! (and it sure is nice to get away from the city sometimes!)
siipi falls... just outside of mbale
and inside the falls...
and a few days ago we took a nice little boat ride in lake victoria...
to ngamba island!!
where it’s a chimpanzee conservation area
cute little guys...
and in kampala, we’ve been north of the equator, and ngamba islands is south...
so we had to jump in and swim across the equator! (we didn’t have our swimsuits... but we figured clothes dry quick enough in africa)
the equator swim club... bjønar (norway), nailoke (namibia), chantille (canada), lars (norway) and me =) (and heidi too but she missed the picture!)
and last but not least... we took a trip this weekend to
murchison falls, uganda’s biggest nature conservation area... with lions and tigers and bears, oh my!! actually, i think we’re on the wrong continent for tigers and bears, but we got to go on a game drive and saw one lion! no ligers either, but some more typical african animals! =)
giraffes
and elephants
and hippos
and crocodiles
and buffalos..
...and pumbaa!!
im really so blessed to have been to *two* safaris, once already in tanzania and now in uganda too!
boat ride up the nile
top of the falls...
looking back down the nile
and looking out to Congo =)
we’re going to be doing another field research project on VEDCO (vounteer efforts for development concerns) this week while staying in kampala... working on group reports & presentations the week after... and final exam... and then it’s soon pretty much time to come home!! it’ll be quick few weeks im sure... well hope you guys are all doing well... take care & talk to you again soon!! =)
xox!
rainbow =)
siipi falls... just outside of mbale
and inside the falls...
and a few days ago we took a nice little boat ride in lake victoria...
to ngamba island!!
where it’s a chimpanzee conservation area
cute little guys...
and in kampala, we’ve been north of the equator, and ngamba islands is south...
so we had to jump in and swim across the equator! (we didn’t have our swimsuits... but we figured clothes dry quick enough in africa)
the equator swim club... bjønar (norway), nailoke (namibia), chantille (canada), lars (norway) and me =) (and heidi too but she missed the picture!)
and last but not least... we took a trip this weekend to
murchison falls, uganda’s biggest nature conservation area... with lions and tigers and bears, oh my!! actually, i think we’re on the wrong continent for tigers and bears, but we got to go on a game drive and saw one lion! no ligers either, but some more typical african animals! =)
giraffes
and elephants
and hippos
and crocodiles
and buffalos..
...and pumbaa!!
im really so blessed to have been to *two* safaris, once already in tanzania and now in uganda too!
boat ride up the nile
top of the falls...
looking back down the nile
and looking out to Congo =)
we’re going to be doing another field research project on VEDCO (vounteer efforts for development concerns) this week while staying in kampala... working on group reports & presentations the week after... and final exam... and then it’s soon pretty much time to come home!! it’ll be quick few weeks im sure... well hope you guys are all doing well... take care & talk to you again soon!! =)
xox!
rainbow =)
Sunday, September 2, 2007
mbale =)
helloo! hope you've had a nice week! we headed out last sunday...
along some pretty african red soil roads... to mbale, a town in the east close to the kenyan border! it was nice to get away from the big city in kampala... and see some nice lush country landscapes!
it was still a pretty busy little town... but i guess thats what happens when you squish pretty much the population of canada into 2.5% the land area! =) but we spent most of our time right in the farms... so it was definitely a change of scenery from the bustling streets of kampala!
this is a pretty neat course – learning about rural development and preparation for the masters students doing their research, so we had a chance to meet with some great grassroots farmer groups...
first, Dubana
a group that gives high-yield “mzungu” dairy cows to farmers (and takes the first female calf born back to give to the next farmer) and offers training for improved farming...
and processes its own yogourt! mmmmm! =)
and Bungokho...
a church-based practical skills training group.
my group was focused on Dubana so we got to go to visit farmers in their homes for and ask them a bit about how the organizations have impacted their livelihoods. our group did 16 interviews altogether... got to meet some very interesting, spirited and very impressively hardworking farmers & their families that shared their experiences with us... that accompanied us wherever we went! not unusual for farmers to be supporting their 7 kids and 15 other orphans.
it was super nice, and they were all super happy to welcome us too and show us all the things that they’ve been doing... proud farmers (as they should be)!!
cows from the project
groundnuts
coffee seedlings
and even bio-gas stoves
and i just love the curious little kids that accompanied us wherever we went
me and eldri... researchers at work! =)
getting between farms was always an adventure in itself! =)
and a couple farm discoveries for the city girl... who knew what these plants actually look like!
coffee
vanilla
jotrophe bioenergy plant.. subject of lars’ thesis =)
and just cuz he's so cute..
baby goat!
alritee thats it for now =) hope you guys are all doing well... lotsa love and talk again soon! muah!
rainbow =)
along some pretty african red soil roads... to mbale, a town in the east close to the kenyan border! it was nice to get away from the big city in kampala... and see some nice lush country landscapes!
it was still a pretty busy little town... but i guess thats what happens when you squish pretty much the population of canada into 2.5% the land area! =) but we spent most of our time right in the farms... so it was definitely a change of scenery from the bustling streets of kampala!
this is a pretty neat course – learning about rural development and preparation for the masters students doing their research, so we had a chance to meet with some great grassroots farmer groups...
first, Dubana
a group that gives high-yield “mzungu” dairy cows to farmers (and takes the first female calf born back to give to the next farmer) and offers training for improved farming...
and processes its own yogourt! mmmmm! =)
and Bungokho...
a church-based practical skills training group.
my group was focused on Dubana so we got to go to visit farmers in their homes for and ask them a bit about how the organizations have impacted their livelihoods. our group did 16 interviews altogether... got to meet some very interesting, spirited and very impressively hardworking farmers & their families that shared their experiences with us... that accompanied us wherever we went! not unusual for farmers to be supporting their 7 kids and 15 other orphans.
it was super nice, and they were all super happy to welcome us too and show us all the things that they’ve been doing... proud farmers (as they should be)!!
cows from the project
groundnuts
coffee seedlings
and even bio-gas stoves
and i just love the curious little kids that accompanied us wherever we went
me and eldri... researchers at work! =)
getting between farms was always an adventure in itself! =)
and a couple farm discoveries for the city girl... who knew what these plants actually look like!
coffee
vanilla
jotrophe bioenergy plant.. subject of lars’ thesis =)
and just cuz he's so cute..
baby goat!
alritee thats it for now =) hope you guys are all doing well... lotsa love and talk again soon! muah!
rainbow =)
Friday, August 24, 2007
a few images of uganda =)
maybe ill talk more about them later, but for now, just a few pictures of life here... for us and for the people we meet.
our visit to a slum just a short walk from the university... the water hole where kids come to collect water
the kids are adorable... posing for the camera and squealing with joy when i show them. note to self: bring a polaroid camera next time im in africa!
the little guy in green had a field day following us around, clapping and laughing and singing “mzungu, mzungu!!” as he marched along with the other kids
such sweeties... the kids really take care of each other
smiles all around sharing my water bottle with them
and us... our class “under the mango tree”... talking with a community that was evicted from their homes when a hydro-electric dam was constructed and resettled in this area
the community-run school in there that welcomingly squishes 160 students into its walls...
and just for fun... fast food “drive through” service on the bus
goat on a stick =)
and a sunny day at bugajali falls, in Jinja, the “source of the nile”
definitely very lucky to be getting a chance to see a lot here. we’re leaving on sunday for a week in a rural village in Mbale, an area in eastern uganda, to see some local organizations there. ill be back the sunday after, so have a good week and we’ll talk soon. =)
much love!
rainbow =)
our visit to a slum just a short walk from the university... the water hole where kids come to collect water
the kids are adorable... posing for the camera and squealing with joy when i show them. note to self: bring a polaroid camera next time im in africa!
the little guy in green had a field day following us around, clapping and laughing and singing “mzungu, mzungu!!” as he marched along with the other kids
such sweeties... the kids really take care of each other
smiles all around sharing my water bottle with them
and us... our class “under the mango tree”... talking with a community that was evicted from their homes when a hydro-electric dam was constructed and resettled in this area
the community-run school in there that welcomingly squishes 160 students into its walls...
and just for fun... fast food “drive through” service on the bus
goat on a stick =)
and a sunny day at bugajali falls, in Jinja, the “source of the nile”
definitely very lucky to be getting a chance to see a lot here. we’re leaving on sunday for a week in a rural village in Mbale, an area in eastern uganda, to see some local organizations there. ill be back the sunday after, so have a good week and we’ll talk soon. =)
much love!
rainbow =)
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