uganda VI
this entry was written sitting in a cafe in kampala as everyone else was running around getting errands done.
monday, august 18/08
today the boys (douglas and moses) left for school. douglas is doing some extra schooling to get ahead because he is graduating at christmas. moses is going to his grandfather's place for a couple days, then he's off for his next semester.
we still have no water at the house. apparently, we're at the mercy of gravity and water pressure. when there's enough pressure, then there's water. i have dreaded having to use those holes in the ground that pass for latrines and sure enough they are beyond my capacity to bend. the water we have is carried every couple days from the community center. i started using the grey water from dishes and laundry to flush and everyone has been thankful.
tomorrow we're heading out to the village (kyayi - pronounced chai) which is where roger and his siblings were raised. the uncles (they aren't really blood relatives but roger and his brothers and sister call them uncles) are the ones who stepped up when roger's parents died. they cared for these children...selflessly and without hesitation. like most young people who leave the safe isolation of their first homes to go to the big city, they ended up in unfortunate circumstances. in the case of roger and his brothers, they ended up living in the ghetto.
anyway, they don't have modern toilets either.
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