We
woke up to another beautiful morning in Kampala, the team as usual met
for breakfast and discussed our upcoming distribution day. We spent
three hours along a bumpy road which became increasingly narrower and
bumpier as well as covered with muddy water from a recent downpour.
After arriving at the site that was chosen by the Inner Wheel of Kampala, we proceeded to set up the bedkit while the area was secured where the pictures were to be taken. This was another great site as we have been used to for our entire picture taking for the distribution of 6000 bedkits.
Parents
and children had gathered from over 50 different communities and
travelled in many instances great distances to receive this gift from
Canada made possible by our donors. The Inner Wheel as our Overseas
Volunteer Partner had ensured that these were the neediest children in
the district.
This
year we have experienced many beautiful backdrops where we have taken
the photos such as schoolhouses, a mountain view, small patches of maize
gardens and matooke fields. Today we selected a large ant hill as the
background to the photo of 500 children. These hills can be up to 12
feet high and the Ugandans will harvest the ants from them in the rainy
season (March, April and November) and fry and eat them as a delicacy
and share this treat with their neighbours. This provides some of the
much-needed protein in their diet. The red colour evident in the ant
hill picture reflects the colour of the soil in Uganda. the ant hill
soil provides part of the materials used to make homes, including a
rudimentary siding of clay as a beginning cover for the homes and later
on are the basis for making bricks which cover many homes in villages
throughout the area we travelled in to complete the distributions.
At the end of every distribution the Inner Wheel of Kampala and the Canadian Sleeping Children team we are hosted by members of the community. A picture of a typical lunch is included.
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| A pineapple tree from Uganda 2013 |
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| The bumpy road from Uganda 2013 |
After arriving at the site that was chosen by the Inner Wheel of Kampala, we proceeded to set up the bedkit while the area was secured where the pictures were to be taken. This was another great site as we have been used to for our entire picture taking for the distribution of 6000 bedkits.
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| Transportation home from Uganda 2013 |
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| The Ant Hill from Uganda 2013 |
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| Brick Making from Uganda 2013 |
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| House from Uganda 2013 |
At the end of every distribution the Inner Wheel of Kampala and the Canadian Sleeping Children team we are hosted by members of the community. A picture of a typical lunch is included.
