Today was the first day of meetings with our partners in
Uganda.
Did I mention that we are paired
up with a Uganda Cooperative Association (UCA) counterpart? Well each Canadian
volunteer has been teamed up with someone who lives in the different regions of
Uganda that we will be travelling to. The teams will work together to
administer/facilitate the DLA assessment tool in the individual coops, I am
lucky enough to have been partnered with a young man named Isaac. There are 3
types of coops we’ll be dealing with and luckily I’ll be working mostly with
SACCOs (credit unions to us) since that’s what I know best, but more about that
later when we’re in the field.
Kampala has an interesting mix of typically African and
western culture. To give you an idea of
what I mean, the other day we saw women on the
street carrying their produce on their heads in big baskets (don’t
know how they do it – I barely mastered
walking with a book on my head to have good posture) as we were on our way to
an
Irish Pub for dinner.
So, now I’m exhausted and hope to sleep well. Good Night!
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