The vegie garden

At the library an area down the side has been made into a vegetable garden. They must have good soil and a good climate because things are growing really well. They have lots of cabbages! I'm wondering how the carrots I planted are going.

Some of the children come to the "garden club" once a week where they learn, plant and pick the vegies. It's often something they haven't done before.

The photo is of Victor who looks after the garden.

Back home

We have been home for a week now and recovered from the flight.

While we are physically home our heads are not !!!! We keep thinking about the Namuwongo Community Library!!!

Our last night there was the greatest. The library staff hosted a party. We bought drinks and food and staff made things. It was the best meal we had in all our time in Uganda. Ossilo made the chapatti (he taught Brian how to make them!) and they were the best ever. Dennis bought fried pork in a tasty sauce - yum. It was fantastic!

After that we played Pictionary. It was so much fun. The guys were so competitive! It was a blast.

We got home at 11.30pm and were told that Florence and Viola, at the guest house, had been waiting up worrying about us! Woops.

Ossilo teaches Brian how to make chapatti

We have completed the Business Plan for the chickens. Unfortunately, it did not stack up well. It would take about 2 years to pay for the chicken house! The team decided not to go ahead. This was not a wasted exercise. It proved the value of doing a good Business Plan. Dennis and Victor said they enjoyed doing it and learnt a lot. I did too!

Kathy has been helping Megan write polices and procedures for the library. She has worked with Teddy and Maria. They have assigned Dewey numbers all the non-fiction books.

Brian has helped update the excel spreadsheet (that holds the library catalogue) to work like a database.

Some of the games we brought have been put out. Connect 4 is a great hit. It’s fantastic to watch the children getting the hang of the game. Junior scrabble has also been a  hit. Four girls from the school opposite played it after school one day (after a very long school day!). Next day they were back; “Can we play that game again!!”.

Kathy read a story to a group and after a girl quietly said; "Now I will read to you”. And she did.

Kathy has also done some work using Apps on the iPad. That has been a hit as well.

We have really enjoyed being of help to the Namuwongo Community Library.

Teddy works with children to complete a puzzle and do the actions from a book.