Sorry I haven't posted yet!
It's been hard because I'm on the schedule of a group of 13 other students.
I will try to summarize quickly because I only have a little bit of internet time left. Kampala is a very, very hectic overwhelming city. The first time I walked around I thought I would die probably a million times. There is no where to cross the street, you just have to go and hope that someone stops. The sidewalks are full of lots of pedestrians, but also of people selling things - eveything you can imagine - beads, bags, shirts, peanuts, fruit, everything.
BUT, this is also a very lush and beautiful country. There are beautiful trees and flowers and everything is so green. We have already done so much! we toured the big hospital - Mulago, but they didn't let us see inside the actual wards. We went to a malnutrition clinic where they teach the moms how to cook for their children by having them do all the cooking while the kids are there. I loved that! They also taught us how to weight the children and how to measure their arms to determine how malnourished they are. We saw the maternity ward which was also very interesting, and we also went to an AIDS support group. Some of the patient's there put on a performance for us about AIDS.
Today we saw three different traditional healers - an herbalist, a bonesetter, and a spiritual man. That was my favorite part of the trip so far. The spiritual guy had a pet monkey! what else? oh there's so much!!
We went to Jinja and saw two different waterfalls and went on a small walk. We also went to the source of the Nile, the place where Lake Victoria becomes the Nile, and took a little boat ride.
Okay, I have to go! I love everyone, more soon.
love, shelly
