The Wait for Rain: Faith and Farming in the January Dust
Introduction: The Brown Landscape If you look out the window of our office in Uganda today, the world is brown. The grass is dry. The earth is hard. It is January 30th. The rains have not yet come. In the West, a dry spell is an inconvenience. In rural Uganda, it is a spiritual and […]
The “Health Kit”: Preventing Disease in the Boarding Dormitory
Introduction: The Crowded Room On Monday, thousands of students will pack into boarding school dormitories across the country. In many schools, these dorms are overcrowded. Triple-decker beds are pushed close together. Ventilation is often poor. While boarding school is essential for focusing on studies, from a health perspective, it is a “petri dish.” Ringworm, scabies, […]
The Great Leap: Supporting the Transition from P7 to Senior One
Introduction: The Week of Nerves For a child in the Western world, moving from “Middle School” to “High School” is a change. For a child in rural Uganda, moving from Primary Seven (P7) to Senior One (S1) is a metamorphosis. As we sit here on January 30th, dozens of our sponsored students are facing this […]