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...]

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...]

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...]