Thursday 5^th March

Tuesday was a day out for Ann and I. We first were taken to Bwera where we travelled to within 20 yards of the border with Congo before turning right to a school set up in the vicinity of a local church. The school currently is for pupils up to P5 but is in very cramped conditions with small classrooms up to P1 but P2 to P4 meeting in the main church building and P5 in a small storeroom! Ann and I were asked to give them a message so with 2 puppets we told the story of Samuel and Eli which went down very well!

P1 class in some very cramped conditions

Over 60 children in the youngest class gave us an enthusiastic welcome

After tea and some pieces of roast pork we were whisked off to Kasese just under an hours journey in time to visit the 2 lunchtime prayer groups that we had been to on our last time at Kagando a couple of years ago. We were again asked to speak and shared about the resurrection and that Jesus is with us daily. The group in central Kasese has grown from about 30 two years ago to over 100 over 40 of whom have converted from Islam.

Yesterday we met with Canon Benson who is overall charge of the hospital to discuss the work we have been doing on drug movements in the hospital. The hospital has an excellent computer system but unfortunately much of the data isn’t quite so good! Ann also went to nursery school she visited last week with Jessi, Helen and Maia the 3 UK medical students who are here and was once again made very welcome. The school runs like clockwork thanks to the head teacher-if only he was available to manage the hospital!!

Today is Ann’s last day here at Kagando as she is travelling back to Mityana to supervise the Café over the next couple of weeks. She had the opportunity to visit another local school which had some excellent playground equipment economically produced from local materials.

Some excellent playground equipment that we need to copy for Ekiwulumo

 

 I will head back to Mityana in about one week’s time depending on who I can get a lift from. It’s certainly been a varied last 2 weeks that we have enjoyed together.

View looking toward the Ruwenzori hills from behind the hospital Rather a smoky scene because of many fires burning