That Time I Saw Carolyn & Gerdy in Africa

Just a few snapshots from our Easter weekend rendezvous in Kampala/Entebbe.  

Another interesting news article.  This one was included in our weekly "relevant news" email from Kampala.

News Stories From Uganda

Well, I had high hopes for posting a real update, pictures and all, but the internet hasn't cooperated with uploading, and I got discouraged.  However, while I was annoyed that the pictures wouldn't upload, I decided to read one of the newspapers, and came across this promising story, so I thought I'd share...hopefully it will not be overshadowed by societal beliefs, and the excuses of culture and tradition, & will be able to improve access and availability of GBV services to Ugandans.


While I think Museveni's signing of the DV bill is great, I then proceeded to read this story about Uganda's new national identification cards.  Don't get me wrong, I fully support a country providing it's residents with proper identification, but seems to be a bit rushed and has potential for chaos, corruption, and confusion, especially given the upcoming elections next year.  Oh, and I don't exactly love the inclusion of invisible information that includes up to four wives, either.  But hey, that's just me.

Apologies

A lot of people have asked me why I'm not updating my blog very frequently.  This is a complex question, as there are a multitude of reasons why I haven't done a good job of keeping everyone updated about my time here.  I'm kinda lazy when it comes to this.  I quite enjoy writing, and when I do write, I want to put effort into making it sound at least somewhat nice, and I haven't felt like putting much of an effort into my writing lately.  I try very hard to journal when I'm away from home, and I haven't even done that since my first week here.  That's how lazy I'm getting to be.  I also didn't have power (and therefore internet) for a while due to a bad hail/rain/windstorm, and then there was a fuel shortage, so we couldn't even run the generator at my house (not that I've ever had internet there).  And, like many others, I'm not quite sure what exactly people want to hear.  I know there are a mix of social workers & non social workers reading this, so I'll try to keep it balanced.  To be quite honest (maybe too honest), I don't have a ton of positive stuff to say, and I know that isn't what people want to know about.  Oh, and there's the fact that I've actually been busy with work - finishing up some work and facilitating my first two training sessions for the new hotline counselors.  That being said, I'm going to try very hard to update more frequently.  I've got a few things that I can write about, and a few entries that I wrote but didn't actually upload.

The End.