Recipe for a school shower You want to wash? OK, take one of the camp's water bowls. You know the ones. They are the ones where you wash the cutlery and crochery after each meal, or where you wash your clothes, or where you wash your hands. Now pour in the water. Only three quarters mind. As you will have to carry it somewhere dark, quiet and secluded. The stronger you are, then the more water you can carry. You will get stronger if you want a longer wash. To...

Deaf kids…what? Huh? Any white face in an all African community is always going to attract attention. But, at an African primary school, new arrivals are like magnets for the curious. And practically every child is curious about you. "Mzungu! Mzungu! How are you? What is your name? I am fine", all comes out in one breathless voice. When you first arrive on a Monday morning, the truck that brings you is surrounded by kids and you quickly learn that &...

All in a days work..painting, etc We pitched our "pocket hotel" just outside the room where all the volunteers slept/ate/cooked/socialised/lived and did this little tent not just bring out the curious. School starts early in Africa. By 0730 most kids are already there. So it was never a surprise to wake up and hear the crowd outside. A rustle or stir from us would produce animated converation amongst themselves! Translated from the Ugandan… Child 1...