Living In Uganda

Welcome to Living In Uganda! This page will give you an idea of my housing situation (this is not normal), and what it is like to live in Western Uganda.

So, let's start off with my house.... yes, that is my house. I still sometimes cannot believe it. I live on the right hand side of the building as you are looking at this picture, and other volunteers that work for our 'org' live on the left hand side. There are six rooms total in the house, with separate buildings for cooking, bathing, and pit latrines. 

This is the backside of the cooking/bathing building, showing where my pit latrine is. Peace Corps Medical called it the best pit latrine in country, and I am very proud of it. There is a garden that is full of a variety of vegetables that grow throughout the year.

My Pit Larine! Yes, I do love my pit latrine. Ask any PCV in Uganda and they will tell you I love it.  And they love it as well. 

The gardens and my laundry lines, with my drying rack. I do my laundry and dishes by hand, which is a pain, but hey, you do what you have to do.

This is the front view looking toward the dirt road and the tea plantation. It is beautiful any day, and on a clear day you can see for miles. I love to sit and drink coffee/tea on my front porch. I just need a rocking chair.

This is a photo looking back along the path that is my 1/2 mile walk from my house to Kasiisi Primary School. This takes me about 10-15 minutes, depending on how fast I want to get there, and it is uphill.

Kasiisi Primary School

The office is located on the grounds of one of the schools we work with, Kasiisi Primary School, and is attached to a Preschool, which I love. When I need a break, I can go hang with the little kids, who are awesome, and I love them so much. 

KFSP Office

Below, the inside of our office. This is normally a mess, but I caught it here on a good/clean day. It is a simple classroom converted into an office, and when we have staff meetings the space gets slightly cramped. I like it!

FORT PORTAL 

Home to probably around 60,000 people in the area. About 200 miles from the capital city Kampala, it was named after Sir Gerald Portal, a British Special Commissioner. Fort Portal is between the Rwenzori Mountains, Kibale National Park, and Queen Elizabeth National Park. 

I really enjoy Fort Portal - there is a lot to do and see. I go to town for pizza and burgers and amazing Indian food, if I want. I can usually find the basic things I have in the United States. I found Soy Milk the other day, and I was a little-kinda-alot pumped for that. Of course, you are not going to find everything, but Uganda is a developing country, and the many people here from around the world bring with them foods, including a lot of foods from the Middle East, India, and UK. I am happy with that.

 

 I took this video while riding a boda (I have a waiver) with my driver Friday, as we made our way from the top of Fort by the Tooro Palace down to the Posita (Post Office).

 This is a video of traveling from my house to Fort Portal. Ends up taking about 30 minutes due to a flat tire along the way.