Rwanda-Uganda Trip: Day 2

After waking up at 7:00am and having a great breakfast, we decided to find a different (meaning more affordable) guesthouse where we could spend our next night in Kampala.

After we settled down at the place that we had intended to find, the day before, we set out to explore the city and take a trip to the East Africa offices of Right to Play.

Our mode of inner-city transport, the boda-boda, allows us to get a close-up and real experience of the city — and, on this day, the streets were really bustling.

After some creative driving by our drivers, we managed to exchange some American bills, re-check the Right to Play office address on a Ugandan-quick (not-so-quick) computer, and grab an egg pita on the side of the road, before finally making it to the offices of Right to Play. We had a good talk with them and are now waiting to hear back from the Programme Manager.

After had a quick nap, we met up with Tonie, again, at the orphanage — and, we were in for a treat:

Tonie had arranged for the boys, who are part of a band, to perform for us. These boys are amazing; their talent is so evident, but it is their genuine appreciation for music and how it has helped them that really affected Dunc and I — truly inspirational (we will try to get some of the footage of the boys performing up soon!).

Tonie’s band program is a component of an NGO that helps kids get off of the street. This new and fresh NGO, called Africo, owns some land and are in the process of building housing for the kids, AND, they are hoping to work with OA to develop a safe environment for them to play football (soccer).

More about this will come in the following weeks, as we try to make the time to go visit this site and explore what potential there might be for OA to work there in the future. Very exciting stuff.

Stay tuned for our next post, where hopefully we will be at least on our way to Rwanda.

Cheers,

Gav