Lake Mburo National Park

Kabwohe, Headmasters home

The headmaster invited me over to stay at his home in Kabwohe last weekend, it is about one hours drive from the school. I got to meet his daughter and niece who were home for school holidays.

The Ugandan version of a tow truck!

Bride "Give Away" number two

Give away number two… the very day after the first ‘Give Away’ that I attended, I was taken to attend another one (it was very similar… see below).

"Give Away" Ceremony

I attended a "Giving Away" ceremony where a teacher at the school "received" his bride from her parents. This is an event prior to the actual wedding, which in this case took place the next day. The also have another tradition of the groom paying a bride price to the parents of the bride, set by the parents of the bride. Many people here were quite surprised to learn that men in Canada don’t pay for their wives... One of many things about Canadian women that has surprised people here!

Wedding related events seem to be very traditional here, at the beginning of the event we were given this thin cold porridge that most people seemed to enjoy…

A little girl seemed very interested in me and came and stood next to me for quite some time but was too shy to talk to me or to the person next to me who was translating into the local language.

Last Day of School

Most of the children went home last week for their month long holiday. The students in grades 5 to 7 returned this week for extra classes, they will only have a one week holiday in the second week in September. The school is quite a bit quieter without the younger childern.

Ishaka

Ishaka, the nearest town to the school.

Local Sights

Water source at the school.

Near by tea plantation.

More Tea!

Crater Lake

One stop shopping!

Out for dinner with the headmaster and his wife.

Scouts and Girl Guides

Kashozi has a scout and girl guide group, they meet on sundays. Last week they invited me to join their meeting. The children sang songs and showed me some of their marching dances, they seemed really pleased about being video taped. After the meeting the children posed for photographs but had to take turns as they only have enough scarves for 14 children and they all wanted to have their photo taken wearing a scarf.

Queen Elizabeth Park

All I have to say is I saw WILD ELEPHANTS!!!!!!!

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