The staff put on a ceremony for us to receive our site assignments. They played drums and danced for each region of the country and then had a "sorting hat " (like in Harry potter) where each of us sat to receive our assignment! I'll be living in the southwest region near the Uganda-Rwanda border in a village called Kiita (located near the larger town Kabale if you want to look it up on a map!). This is supposedly a very green and beautiful region, as well as cooler weather than the rest of Uganda. I'll be working with a community health center called Kitanga Health Center, doing community outreach with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS prevention, working to strengthen psychosocial support groups for HIV positive individuals and maternal child health activities (immunizations, nutrition edu, antenatal care, malaria prevention, school health edu). The language of this region is runyankore/rukiga, which I must say is pretty difficult! I really hope I'll be able to pass the oral language exam at the end of pre service training. There's a group of 9 of us heading to this region, so we will all be leaving wednesday for 1 month at our homestay families. I'm really excited to get out of kulika to see Uganda and be immersed in the culture and language! My homestay family consists of a retired reverend, school teacher, and 3 kids- 2 still living at home and under the age of 18. They speak runyankore/ rukiga which will help me with learning
the language as well as going to language training mon-sat all day. Anyway, stay tuned for more about my homestay hopefully soon...love and miss you all =)
the language as well as going to language training mon-sat all day. Anyway, stay tuned for more about my homestay hopefully soon...love and miss you all =)
Hi Sweetheart! The pictures are beautiful! You look so happy! This is your "Calling"~ It takes a special person to do what you are doing! I am so happy that YOU are happy! Love you, Grandma.
ReplyDeleteHey Chelsea, looks like you are doing well already. The picture of you standing in the road concerns me however. Watch out for the lion on the right and the gorilla on the left but especially Jaguar's coming down the road. Dennis
ReplyDeleteHey Princess! I just want to say that I keep looking at your blog everyday. It makes me feel as though we aren't really that far apart. Uganda/California? OMG! You are on the other side of the world!! LOL
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