So I am finally in Masaka, Uganda! It was a very long and tiresome journey here but I am good and settled in. Exploring this city is going to take me the whole time I am here, if not more. Everywhere you go the streets are crazy busy and there is so much to see along the way. I am excited to be here and start this journey while sharing it with all of you. Yesterday was my first day visiting my practicum sights and you can say I was both pleasantly surprised and at the same time very shocked. Anaweza seems like a place that I will automatically feel comfortable and will have no problem jumping right in. I am ready to start making connections with these children and youth and begin learning from them. Julius deserves much credit for how selfless he is in the work he is doing and is really making a difference in these children's lives. My next stop this day was to Mary's home and the school she began Kakunyu School for nursery children and children with special needs. Going into Mary's home we were warmly welcomed and she gave us a tour. I found my body going into shock from everything I was seeing. It is nothing like I have seen in Canada and the ways in which children with disabilities here are living here is something I am going to have to begin to understand. Mary has taken on a very big and selfless task and it takes much strength and courage to do what she is doing. The school Kakunyu is beautiful. They have done a great deal making it a desirable place. The land it is on is very lush there is play grounds, classrooms which I beleive is a lot for the area they are in. Anyways there is still much for me to learn and it all begins tomorrow.
No comments:
Post a Comment