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hey guys!
so i'm in kampala and have a bus ticket for 7am tomorrow to nairobi. the last couple of weeks in gulu were SO busy! here's some of the things i've been working on in the past 2 months:
-i started a youth forum with my friend jess that brings together youth from 6 groups to discuss issues like the challenges they face, how they operate, etc to help each other
- we researched schools and interview youths and their families to finally send ten to local vocational schools
- i've helped to start a daycare in a youth group which has gotten a bit out of control (they went from 26 to 300 and now 115 kids so we've suspended help until they get it back to a managable size)
- i've been proposal writing like mad - a goal that i'm working on is to get cvap to open a community workshop where all these people who get trained by ngos and can't work since they can't afford tools can go
- played soccer horribly in front of hundreds of people at a women's gala that we threw (props out to genie and liz!)
- and of course jess and i threw a party on our last day for all the people we're worked with!
it's sounds like i'm bragging but everyone here's been working really hard, and the projects you start working on suck you in and you just keep wanted to do more! that's why i decided that instead of doing the human rights internship in kampala i'm staying in gulu to be a pseudo group leader for the next two groups and keep working on my projects.
anyways, i'm meeting anouk in nairobi tomorrow with my friends emily and nikki who are going to tag along for abou 10 days, we're heading almost straight to arusha in tanzania to go on safari and mt.kilimanjaro adventures. i'll try to leave another entry with pics from that but just wanted to add some more gulu pics before jetting off!
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yay! you finally get to do some hard core travelling...seeing all sorts of wonderful things... have lots of fun!!!