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Bowdoin College Students’ Blog

August 23, 2017

P1 Class

We have left Kiryandongo. Osborn is visiting his family in Kenya, and I meanwhile am staying in Entebbe until my flight. But, as I rest and mull and organize my notes and photos, I realize there are a few more points of interest I'd like to share. I'll start with a correction. A few posts ago I … [Read more...]

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Rain, Lessons, and a Single Highway

August 10, 2017

Weekly Debate

The past several days have been alive with storms, and as such, there has been no power for almost four days now, save that supplied by generators. On Tuesday Osborn and I took a boda-boda (a sort of motorcycle taxi) to the nearest bank, several towns away (two on the back of a small motorcycle is … [Read more...]

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Projects and Etc.

August 3, 2017

A Simple Game

In addition to computer club and classroom time, Osborn and I are working on several projects to help the school. We have already almost finished building a garden, from slashing the grass to building a fence to tilling the soil. On the second day the kids all brought their slashers to school with … [Read more...]

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St. Bakhita Life

August 3, 2017

Nursery baby class exam time

St. Bakhita is located within the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, and provides nursery and primary school education to students. The classrooms are mostly cement, with wooden desks and glass-free windows barred with iron. There is a soccer field and a netball court (if you've never heard of netball … [Read more...]

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Back in Time to July 29

August 1, 2017

St. Bakhita

Today we walked all around Kiryandongo with Joseph, a teacher at St. Bahkita. He is a refugee too, and lives in the camp not far from the school. The camp is a maze of little corn gardens and huts and pathways and shelters. There are lots of children playing and livestock running about: goats and … [Read more...]

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