Uganda Project Day 33 – 15th July 2007   Waking up, I realised that this was it. My time in Africa is over. it didn’t really hit me that much yesterday when I spent the day in Kampala. Very disappointed that I couldn’t stay any longer but glad to get back home to my...

Uganda Project Day 32 – 14th July 2007 – A Day in Kampala   Waking up comfortably on the top bunk, it suddenly hit me that today is my last full day in Uganda. Sob, sob, sob! I mused the last month and I just couldn’t believe all the things I did. Whitewater rafting,...

Uganda Project Day 31 – Kampala Celebrations   It seems I have finally become the early morning bird! Waking up at 4.30am, light was streaming in from the dawn and I started fumbling around for my sleeping bag as I was quite cold but seeing that everyone else started to wake up, I...

Uganda Project – 11 – 12th July 2007  - Goodbye Murchison Falls   Woke up today and felt really rough. Literally no energy and I felt like I had a bad case of flu. After checking for symptoms for Ebola Virus, I was safe to assume it was just a case of the snuffles with just a...

Uganda Project Day 28 – 10th July 2007   Waking up, I was refreshed and raring to go and get some work done after my nature walks and game drives yesterday. I really needed to get some work done for Softpower Education as we were without work from the builders for most of the day....

Uganda Project Day 27 – 9th July 2007   Waking up early at 6.30am, I was more than ready to go on a Game Drive to check out the wildlife in the National Park. I signed up to it before I went to bed. It seemed like there wasn’t much to do in terms of building work for the day...

Uganda Project Day 26 – 8th July 2007   Waking up with a massive yawn enough for bats to fly in, I was still tired. Aching from the white water rafting trip yesterday, I had to wake myself up and prepare for the 6 hour bum soringly journey back to Murchison Falls in North Uganda. We...

So it’s been a long time (a year actually!) since I published an entry about the Uganda Project. 24 days of this inspiring project with Softpower Education in Murchison Falls, Northern Uganda, has been recorded and there’s still more days to write about! So seeing as I’m a...

With the rise of young people going on a Gap Year after school or university or even a career break, there have been a boom in opportunities volunteering abroad. So much so, that volunteer programmes are cutting a swathe through the internet to promote their projects. But ways can you...

  So here it is, a few days left before Christmas and before you know it, you’ll be in 2013 wondering what the year will bring you. I admit I’m wondering massively what lies in store for me in 2013. So many balls up in the air in other people’s courts leaves me kind of frustrated...