May 3, 2011 | By wickley wickley
April 18: Last week was the last week of the first term for Schools in Uganda, and the Secondary School (High School) students were “in for their final paper”, which means that they were taking their final exams. [...]
April 17, 2011 | By wickley wickley
Last week it was hard living in Gulu. The electricity was off for most of the week. It stayed off 5 days straight, came back for 10 hours, and then went off again for almost 24 hours.[...]
April 12, 2011 | By wickley wickley
Last week I took a 4-day break—my first since coming to Uganda in February. [...]
April 2, 2011 | By wickley wickley
This last week the schools in Gulu were all preparing for Parents’ Day on Saturday so I didn’t get to teach all my usual students at their regular times because most of them were involved in preparing different activities for the Parents’ Day. [...]
March 24, 2011 | By wickley wickley
This week I gave 40 pennywhistles to the Primary School students living in the Pabo IDP Camp. They are age 8-17. The kids were so excited to receive the pennywhistle and to know that it is their own personal instrument.[...]
March 17, 2011 | By wickley wickley
This last week was kind of slow. Monday and Tuesday, March 7 and 8, were both public holidays.[...]
March 10, 2011 | By wickley wickley
Today I am writing about the Pabo Camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP Camp).[...]
March 10, 2011 | By wickley wickley
March 1: Today I am writing about the Pabo Camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP Camp). [note from Liz--this is delayed one week because Burim's been having internet problems in Uganda][...]
February 24, 2011 | By wickley wickley
Life has been good here in Gulu, Uganda. The electricity is getting better. Where I am staying does not have water right now, but there have been promises that it will soon be fixed.[...]
February 16, 2011 | By wickley wickley
The last time I was in Uganda was July 2009. I was supposed to return to Uganda this last fall, but had some health problems so we postponed the trip until now.[...]
