Uganda-Dairy development project { 33 images } Created 6 Jun 2011
Among others I met in Uganda was Agnes, who lived in a rural community about 100km outside of Kampala.
Agnes prepared for our visit by meticulously sweeping her red-dirt yard of stones, leaves and other debris until it resembled low-pile carpet. Upon our arrival she greeted us humbly then walked us around her property, proudly presenting her recently-built water-collection and storage system, designed to take advantage of the intermittent and increasingly unpredictable rains. To Western sensibilities this 'system' may just have been a roughly-shoveled ditch and a hole you had to step over. To Agnes this was a long-awaited and revolutionary development in her home's infrastructure and a leap forward in her family's capacity to maintain a reliable water supply for cleaning and cooking.
Later, Agnes would be receiving supplies to make a biogas system--which uses methane (i.e. cow doo) versus raw wood as fuel--so that she will no longer have to have open fire within the walls of her home to cook for her family [the effects of which are evident in the photo of her standing in her doorway].
Agnes has a beautiful, happy family & she was thrilled to have visitors. We were thrilled to meet her.
This was one of the most humbling experiences I've had fortune to have in my travels.
Agnes prepared for our visit by meticulously sweeping her red-dirt yard of stones, leaves and other debris until it resembled low-pile carpet. Upon our arrival she greeted us humbly then walked us around her property, proudly presenting her recently-built water-collection and storage system, designed to take advantage of the intermittent and increasingly unpredictable rains. To Western sensibilities this 'system' may just have been a roughly-shoveled ditch and a hole you had to step over. To Agnes this was a long-awaited and revolutionary development in her home's infrastructure and a leap forward in her family's capacity to maintain a reliable water supply for cleaning and cooking.
Later, Agnes would be receiving supplies to make a biogas system--which uses methane (i.e. cow doo) versus raw wood as fuel--so that she will no longer have to have open fire within the walls of her home to cook for her family [the effects of which are evident in the photo of her standing in her doorway].
Agnes has a beautiful, happy family & she was thrilled to have visitors. We were thrilled to meet her.
This was one of the most humbling experiences I've had fortune to have in my travels.
