Accomplish. Goals.
Celtel, one of the cell phone companies here has a very...interesting ad campaign. They have slogans with punctuation that makes absolutely no sense. Like:
One of the water catchments
Opening of the widows gardens
hello hippo!
Tea time in the Kikagati apartment
From there we headed to Nyakigyera, the site of ACTS' most recent gravity flow water project. Ty and Ryan are the engineers working there, along side Jim and Joe, Canadian gravity flow system vets, and an experienced Ugandan construction team. We got the full tour, saw the water sources, pipe lines, sediment tanks, holding tanks and got a feel for some of the challenges they face designing and building the system. Katie and Laura were also there, initiating health and agriculture projects in the area. So, we attended a fuel efficient stove demonstration, and loaded a lot of bricks used for the stoves, on and off the truck.
Sediment tank - water passes through here before going to the holding tank allowing sendiment to settle.
Take. A Second.
Go. Everywhere.
Say it. Your way.
Join. Our world.
Do. More.
Let's. Get started.
Stay. In touch.
Get. The Message.
More. For you.
You. Get the picture?
The week before the February off, we finally got around to checking out the other ACTS project sites. First stop - Kikagati. Because...it's a long road, to Kikagati. John K. Pattison is a self proclaimed "Adventure Scientist", working with BioSand water filters, and widows gardens. Joël is working to improve two water catchments in the area and conditions in a refugee camp. They're staying in a quaint apartment, in the trading centre about 10 minutes from the Tanzanian border. While there, we got the tour - we met the BioSand filter team and saw how the filters are constructed, we met Ezra - John and Joël's notorious landlord, we saw the recently leased widows gardens, saw Joël's catchments and attended the official opening of the widows gardens, which involved singing, dancing, speeches, drama and many photos. A trip to Kikagati wouldn't be complete without a trip to the river to see the hippos. If only we could describe the noise they make...we are perfecting our hippo call.
One of the water catchments
Opening of the widows gardens
hello hippo!
Tea time in the Kikagati apartment
From there we headed to Nyakigyera, the site of ACTS' most recent gravity flow water project. Ty and Ryan are the engineers working there, along side Jim and Joe, Canadian gravity flow system vets, and an experienced Ugandan construction team. We got the full tour, saw the water sources, pipe lines, sediment tanks, holding tanks and got a feel for some of the challenges they face designing and building the system. Katie and Laura were also there, initiating health and agriculture projects in the area. So, we attended a fuel efficient stove demonstration, and loaded a lot of bricks used for the stoves, on and off the truck.
Sediment tank - water passes through here before going to the holding tank allowing sendiment to settle.
Ty bleeding the pipe. (letting air out so the water will flow)
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4 Comments:
Bry,
I loved the hippo pic! I've heard that they are pretty fierce creatures! I don't know if I'd want to be next to one in the water!
the many projects happening in the area sound awesome. Some basic things like a working water holding tank must really improve the life of the people there. I can't imagine how thankful they are for all the dedicated volunteers.
I just finished my classes in teacher's college TODAY! whoohoo! i'm off to my last 5-week teaching block and finished at the end of April. hope to supply teach in the Ottawa area for May and June. Maybe even get into summer school for July??!!
God bless you girl!
Much love,
Sarah
love the hippo pic...
hope you are doing well!
love,
christie
hi em,
so i was half-watching CTV news tonight while doing some reading and out pops a story about you guys at the end of the 11:30 pm newscast! em-really liked your, "relax, kick, relax, kick" comment. seriously thought, really random, but it was great to see what you are up to and to see what your surroundings are like. miss you!
*naoko
Bryony!
Just saw you both on CTV news (Sunday 6:15 pm)!!! Very, very cool! I laughed when I saw some of the SPLASHABLES flutter boards (good times hunting for the real place)... Keep up the good work and enjoy the last bit of your time in Uganda!
miss you lots!
love,
Christie
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