Tuesday 10am Bacali drives me to meet Bernard and his colleague Walter. Thankfully today we only have to drive for about 40 minutes, not 90. That, and a night of rest, had me feeling excited and groovy in anticipation of today’s Peace Pals workshop. When we arrived at the school, we walked to meet the [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Ogeno Peace Pals – Lira
March 29, 2010 – 4:16 am
Monday March 22nd. We woke at 6am for a 7am pick-up in preparation for a long drive north to Lira, 5 hrs north of Kampala. Along the way we picked up Lynn’s colleague Penelope and her 8 yr young son, Sam. I think we made good time along the way and arrived in Loro, about [...]
March 18th Peace Pals at St. Henry’s Primary School, Muyenga
March 19, 2010 – 5:48 am
This morning I woke up nervous. My heart was beating fast and I felt a little shaky; uneasy in anticipation of my upcoming workshops. Perhaps it was because I had hired my friend AK to come a film the experience. Perhaps because I was scheduled to do two workshops in one day with 100 students [...]
Peace Pals at St. Kizito Primary School
March 16, 2010 – 7:51 am
On Tuesday I was in a local private school here in Kampala. A short walk from In Movement in Kansanga. The school, St. Kizito, is a catholic primary school serving approximately 350 kids. The students were very well behaved, very friendly, and pleasantly communicative….something I rarely find. Often, there is a pervading shyness….and a real [...]
Luwunga Church of God Orphanage and Primary School
March 12, 2010 – 2:45 am
Wednesday March 10th. I took a 90 minute ride out of Kampala to the village. I went to a place called Kakili to visit the orphanage and primary school run by a guy named Joshua who I met on the stairs of the Imperial Royale hotel in downtown Kampala. He asked me if I was [...]
Namuleasa Muslim Primary School
March 12, 2010 – 2:18 am
This was an amazing workshop. My first experience in a Ugandan School. * 30 minutes outside Jinja Namulesa Muslim Primary School an empty room sweep the floor a quick wipe down lay mats and pads to cover enter 120 students welcome an introduction a group circle create a context geography lesson show maps everyone sit [...]
Peace Pals at Lawanda Primary School in Jinga
March 11, 2010 – 11:49 pm
Last week was an amazing week. Along with doing the mural project in town, I was fortunate enough to be connected to two local primary schools just outside of Jinga. Thanks to Soft Power and my friend Sharon, their director, for connecting me to these schools. You can check them out here: www.softpowereducation.com On Friday [...]
JInga Mural ~ A Week of Creative Collaboration and Fun
March 9, 2010 – 7:23 am
It was an amazing week. Working along side my friend Maddy from Scotland, her pals Bob and Georgie from England, local artist, and director of the Community Based Organization working with these 20 plus street kids, Moses, two other Jinga-based artists Angelo and Dillah, and contributions from Lynn, our mural really came together nicely over [...]
Jinga Mural ~ Day 3
March 2, 2010 – 11:22 pm
Ten days ago I met Maddy, a friend of Lynn’s, who has been working and making art in Uganda and throughout East Africa for the past many years. She and I had lunch and talked for about 2hrs. The topic of mural painting came up, as did the name of a local artist, Moses, who [...]
