Tuesday March 1st
Today Ann has been busy teaching about the Israelites leaving Egypt and spying out the Promised Land. I think the children are really getting into the drama as so much of what they have to do is wrote learning at their desks. One of the questions in today’s work book was which the hardest commandment to keep is. One pupil answered Trust God only because some people go to the which doctor!
The spies!
There are a group of 5 people here this week that are based in Lira who are promoting the use of fuel efficient stoves. They bought 50 fuel efficient stoves which use half as much charcoal and these sold out to the staff in only a few minutes with a waiting list of those who didn’t manage to secure them They cost 17000 UgSh and with charcoal at around 22,000 UgSh for a bag which is a month’s supply you can see that the stoves could very easily pay for themselves in around 6 weeks. They are also refurbishing the hospital kitchen stoves with more efficient stoves which are constructed around a special brick core which is very efficient at retaining the heat. This is a major exercise which many people were enthusiastically joining in with!
The brick centres to the ovens are then covered in mud which all helps toretain the heat
The food cooked on these stoves is a little varied. Matoke (cooked green bananas) Posho (solid maize porridge), Sweet Potatoes, Irish Potatoes (normal potatoes!), Cabbage, Ground nut sauce, Beans, rice and occasional meat (usually grisly and fatty!). But it is generally very good and a very low fat diet.
Matoke, beans and rice!
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