This is my house! and if you look at the photos in the Flickr link you will see the back, the inside, the outdoor kitchen and the pit latrine! I kind of went crazy taking the pictures because I wanted it to be like a virtual tour. So now you can imagine what it's like to live in Uganda!
Well, the past month has been very eventful. So much so that I hardly know where to begin. Let's start with the sad news. My best friend in Peace Corps Uganda just went home on the 12th of July due to medical reasons. I totally miss hanging out with her at site; life just isn't the same without her around. But I'm a trooper and I'm hanging in there. I'm just really jealous that she gets to eat really good food whenever she wants!!
Also this month I have presented HIV information to boda drivers in our town (they carry people on the back of their mopeds rather than cramming in a taxi). It was a great sensitization and they seemed excited to carry on the conversation. I hope to move it to a peer educator model because they don't like to take time away from the stage (that's where they wait for customers) but they have plenty of downtime to discuss HIV and risk reduction behavior while waiting for customers to come and get a lift.
Then I went with my counterpart and another local volunteer to a primary school called Alpha and Omega to teach P5-7 students about "Life Skills". Which basically tells students about how to make good decisions, form good relationships in positive peer groups, etc. Basically, the program is meant to help youth avoid things like HIV/AIDS and early pregnancy by giving them more than just knowledge. While the kids have a lot knowledge about STIs they don't really have the skills to say no to sex and make the right decisions so that's what Life Skills is all about!
Plus we recorded our radio program on the local radio station and I had a training with Peace Corps this last week. So, I've been quite busy this month. Which is nice so that I don't stop and think about Carrie! I also made an oven so I could bake a cake...it was chocolate with gooey chocolate icing...and banana bread. So, I guess you all in America aren't the only ones eating good food!! :)
