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 =)
2 comments:
mmmmmmmmm yogourt in a bag! so delish!
awww, baby goat, that's not roasted like in TZ! so cute!
rainbow had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb, rainbow had a little lamb ....awww, I want to hold a little lamb! Did you name it?
--Nessie
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