Hello All!
So I have officially been a Peace Corps Volunteer for one full week now! Hooray! (see picture from swearing in ceremony at ambassadors house above).
I am working in Lukuli, which is a district of Kampala at Hope Clinic. http://www.hcluganda.org/. I will be helping them with their community outreach and internal organization (i.e, rewritting their strategic plan, working on employee performance standards, etc.)
It is a beautiful brand new clinic perched high on a hill with an amazing view of Lake Victoria. Even higher up on that hill in a district called Makendye is where I now make my home!! Words can't explain how beautiful my home and the view is. I will provide photographic evidence of this tomorrow. The most beautiful part has to be the hot shower and proper toilet I have, as well as the refrigerator/freezer and microwave. Every morning on my 15 minute walk to work I relish the beautiful peaceful view of the city high atop my perch before I climb down into the village and get accosted/attempted to be run over for 7 minutes. Thanks to the rainy season I get to sport some stylish rubber boots every morning as I slide my way down the hill! I think they are lovely but I get made fun of relentlessly from the locals.
Today I met my new tailor! Hopefully she will be whipping me up some fabulous new African ensembles so I can stop wearing the 4 outfits I brought with me to Africa.
Tomorrow I will be celebrating Passover with my housemates. Oh the things I do whilst in Africa:).
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