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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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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...]

Filed Under: Bowdoin Students, News & Trips, students

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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