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Posted by Admin after a long debrief with Chau… The group has spent the last two weeks in Uganda. It was a very busy time with lots going on, lots of travel, and times when people were completely out of cell range (hence the blackout period). Here’s what the group was up to. Well over […]

Written by Aaron DePetris… After deciding to end work on the school as well as an intense moraldilemma for the group, we got back on track this past week. Mondaystarted with a community meeting where numerous ideas for projectswere formed. These included an after-school camp for kids, building newsoccer (football) goals, painting a world map

Sept 15, 2012Today we arrived in Emurumba to children singing and dancing. The only way I can describe this moment is surreal.–Aaron Sept 16, 2012Today we went to church with our host families and ate delicious Ugali for dinner.–Aaron Sept 17, 2012Today was our first day on the construction site; we moved bricks from one

This past week was wonderful. Our first day we went on a steep hike up Mt. Longonot. We saw a gazelle in the wild forest and had lunch up at the top of the crater. Later that day we arrived at our campsite and settled in and had our first kiswahili lesson. Jambo! The group