The Mercury-free Gold mining technology that I wrote about yesterday, and its links with fairtrade certification continued in the visits that we made today. Yesterday we visited SAMA – an alliance of small-scale miners in the Sinyonja area, and the ones who look after the ‘Wonder Machine’ or Gold Kacha.…
I’m in Uganda with a group of friends, visiting some projects that relate to CRED partners, and doing various bits of partner support work as we go round. Today we journeyed from Kampala eastwards, to an area about 8 miles from the Kenyan border, where small-scale artisanal gold mining takes…
As we awoke in Mityana this morning it dawned on the team that this was their last full day in Uganda. Two years of preparation, planning and delivery of AfriDACA 2017 was coming to an end. Being surrounded by the beautiful sights and sounds of rural Uganda, it is easy…
Today was our last working day, which we all found difficult and hard work due to the heat and tiredness Woke up this morning after another night camping; this time in torrential rain which Rowan found out when her tent cover blew off! She woke up soaked to the bone!…
Today was a very chilled out day. After a relaxing morning we all went on a walk to the tea plantation led by our John. It was really interesting and John gave us an insight into the tea plantation as he grew up there from early childhood. It was eye-opening…
Finally – a lie-in!! Today started off as normal with Hannah collecting her toenails in adry shampoo lid. After Tom’s breakfast of toenail toast, we all sat down for the day’s blog comments. The heartfelt messages from our loved ones moved us all, reducing Becci and Katie to tears. But…
Today was the last day of teaching in the Acholi and it was very emotional to say the least. As we arrived, the children seemed to be more excited than usual as they ran up to the team and held our hands when we got off the bus. Both of…
Woke up this morning, a lot of us were very tired, but we had a good breakfast of fresh fruit, toast and cereals before setting off to Acholi Morning lessons: We taught first in the larger / less able group, with the lesson being a travel themed literacy session. Group…
Today was difficult for some of us as the whole group was tired and we hit a ‘middle of the week’ wall. But we still had a brilliant time and felt that we made a difference Weather was cooler, but turned hotter in the afternoon. We’re still adjusting to the…
Today was slightly cooler than yesterday and breakfast was fab. It was lovely to see the children again and start to recognize more of them. They were even more friendly than yesterday, high-fiving and fist-bumping us loads. Knowing the kids a bit also helped the lessons because we could pitch…
