colds, sunsets and buster

I thought I should put a few more pictures up, I have got another bad cold again which just seems so strange that I keep on getting cold in such a hot country, which at the moment is getting even hotter every day, we are now entering into the dry season which is living up to it name currently with only about 15 mins of rain in the last week. So I thought you would all like to experience my cold with me and see how I am getting through the loo roll very quickly!!
the next photo is of a beautiful sunset that we had here tonight, thought you might like it!
lastly here a picture of our new puppy, I cant remember if I posted that about a month ago one of our dogs, buster, a German shepherd died very suddenly of tick fever which was not very nice, so Robbie has got another dog to replace him and has very originally called this one buster as well, slightly weird I think, but he is a very cute dog, I think you will all agree.
well the power has just gone off, so am cooking dinner by candle light, who know what I may create!

riots and fun stuff like that

well you may or may not have heard but things are kicking off here in the country, mainly in the captial, kampala. They have arrested Besigye, who is the potential oppostion leader who could threaten Museveni, the prime minster. They have arrested him on old charges of treason and rape, so they have been loads of riots in the centre of town, things have calmed down today, but i think he is meant to be in court at the moment, to find out if he will be let out on bail which will determine what happens in relation to riots and things kicking off around the country.
But dont worry i am safe and well.

safely back in Mbale

After all the drama of Friday, I headed back home which I was looking forward to getting to as I had been way so long, things are really moving forward with the project now, we have put the advert out for the teachers post and we will be interviewing for it at the beginning of December, we are just waiting for the green light to start building now, which we are praying will come soon, so I am trying to sort out the final bits and pieces and need to start writing the carers training programme, but I need to do lots of networking next week, as we want other services in the area to play more of a role in this part of the course. Exciting stuff!

Training and excitment!

I went to kampala after my relaxing weekend at hairy lemon to go for a course on how to do children’s work, it was really good, most people on the course were Ugandans so it was great to get an insight into how they see youth work, discipline seemed to be the key word they used! Lets put it this way, I really enjoyed myself but my patience defiantly grew that week!
An exciting but kind of scary thing happened on my last day of the course, I was travelling into town and got off near the centre where I changed transport, as I did this I thought oh something’s going on here, one of the main streets was deserted and a police truck came whizzing past me and one of the police officers had a gas mask on which not know what was going on, I found very amusing, thinking this is a completely random country! But it all becomes clear as I jump on the back of the motorbike that took me to my course, we went passed the university and there were loads of armed police and debris on the road, just as we have gone passed that we got diverted to another road, as we turn I see why, there are loads of people running towards us and covering their faces, the bodha man tells me it is tear gas. When I get to my course, I discussed the event with two guys from my course and they tell me that the students are rioting and they usually do this at least once a year, but they have genuine reason as their fees have nearly tripled in price but they lose a lot of their credibility as they get really violent and looted shops, burned cars, so not a good situation, as they explain this to me we hear gun shots in the distant. One person got killed that day.

Hairy Lemon

I am sorry that I have not blogged for ages but I have been away lots and the internet has been really bad but I am going to try to make up for it now. Two weekends ago I went to Hairy lemon which was the most beautiful and chilled out place. I went there with a great group of friend and had a very chilled weekend, ate good food, had loads of time to basically do nothing but read, chat and swim which was just what was needed.
I hope you like this lovely picture of me on the island!!