Friday, August 16, 2013
In Gulu, we connected with another non profit group called Aid Africa, and they invited us to accompany their staff to a village to make and distribute rocket stoves. (Check out their website here and watch the short video about how they make the stoves: http://aidafrica.net/building-stoves/the-rocket-stove/)
They are managed by local man named George who is a very progressive leader and teacher; he gets a couple shout outs later in the post. While we were there, we distributed mestrual kits to the women who came to get their stoves and then we got to spend quite a bit of time hanging out in the village.
They are managed by local man named George who is a very progressive leader and teacher; he gets a couple shout outs later in the post. While we were there, we distributed mestrual kits to the women who came to get their stoves and then we got to spend quite a bit of time hanging out in the village.
"One Good Thing":
Holda - Seeing the men look so happy and involved as they built their own rocket stoves. And finding something that "hits a sweet spot" in terms of direclty filling a need that will greatly improve their quality of life
Melissa - Watching George explain to the women how to use the menstrual kits
Suzie - Realizing that one of the four girls APF sponsors at St. Monica's, Florence, is in the catering program and has been one of our cooks! And watching George pick up a crying baby boy during his presentation, holding the little guy by his naked behind.
Shantell - Playing with the girl in the village who had the blue flower dress who did not talk, but who had the best, most infectious smile
Kiera - Having so much fun playing a variety of games with a huge group of kids, including ring-around-the-rosie, duck-duck-goose, tag and red-light-green-light
Sophie - Seeing how they make peanut butter (actually "g nut butter") in the hut by grinding it on a stone
Jess - Holdig a three-day-old baby, Bosco
Stacy - Getting to know Joyce, who wants to become a midwife, and her daughter Eliza as they gave her a tour of the village
Leah - Breaking off from the group and being with one person who showed her all around the village
Alli - Preseting a donation of toothbrushes and toothpaste (that Alli herself had gathered!) to a woman living in a hut in a small village
Jen - Receiving the gift of maize from the school boys who picked in directly from their field to give to us. And teaching a young man how to take a picture on her camera - he had never used a camera before!
Brinlee - Getting peed on by a baby she was holding
Becca - Holding baby Eliza and then getting peed on by her
Tori - Hearing George and Frederick singing a traditional Acholi song to us in the bus. And playing games in the field with all the kids
Jared - When one of the Aid Africa workers said to him: "I have a problem. All of the men are drunk and they're breaking my bricks! I'm waiting for the women."
Frederick - Seeing all of you "in different actions," learning, and experiencing and serving in new ways.
Holda - Seeing the men look so happy and involved as they built their own rocket stoves. And finding something that "hits a sweet spot" in terms of direclty filling a need that will greatly improve their quality of life
Melissa - Watching George explain to the women how to use the menstrual kits
Suzie - Realizing that one of the four girls APF sponsors at St. Monica's, Florence, is in the catering program and has been one of our cooks! And watching George pick up a crying baby boy during his presentation, holding the little guy by his naked behind.
Shantell - Playing with the girl in the village who had the blue flower dress who did not talk, but who had the best, most infectious smile
Kiera - Having so much fun playing a variety of games with a huge group of kids, including ring-around-the-rosie, duck-duck-goose, tag and red-light-green-light
Sophie - Seeing how they make peanut butter (actually "g nut butter") in the hut by grinding it on a stone
Jess - Holdig a three-day-old baby, Bosco
Stacy - Getting to know Joyce, who wants to become a midwife, and her daughter Eliza as they gave her a tour of the village
Leah - Breaking off from the group and being with one person who showed her all around the village
Alli - Preseting a donation of toothbrushes and toothpaste (that Alli herself had gathered!) to a woman living in a hut in a small village
Jen - Receiving the gift of maize from the school boys who picked in directly from their field to give to us. And teaching a young man how to take a picture on her camera - he had never used a camera before!
Brinlee - Getting peed on by a baby she was holding
Becca - Holding baby Eliza and then getting peed on by her
Tori - Hearing George and Frederick singing a traditional Acholi song to us in the bus. And playing games in the field with all the kids
Jared - When one of the Aid Africa workers said to him: "I have a problem. All of the men are drunk and they're breaking my bricks! I'm waiting for the women."
Frederick - Seeing all of you "in different actions," learning, and experiencing and serving in new ways.
Love hearing these "one good things'. Keep those updates coming!
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