The pearl of Africa

If you were to tell me a year ago that I would be sitting in a small town in Eastern-Uganda, where the electricity goes on and off each day, with a rooster right outside my door waking me up at around 6 a.m. every morning and going to work as a volunteer at a centre for street children you would be exactly right. This will be the new reality for the next seven months of my life. I have spent the last six weeks at Hald International Centre in Mandal were I am a student at the Act Now programme, before leaving for Uganda.

 I have been so fortunate to represent The Strømme Foundation(http://www.strommestiftelsen.no) and FK(http://www.fredskorpset.no/en/) as a volunteer at the Child Restoration Outreach(CRO) in Mbale, Uganda. This centre mainly provides education by paying the school fees for 400 students and rehabilitation classes for street children. Approximately 70 kids attend a rehabilitation class of one year, where I will be working, before being sent off to school.

I arrived in Uganda ten days ago and am starting to realize why it is said to be the pearl of Africa. With extremely beautiful and lush nature and a friendly people it certainly lives up to its name. I will continuously update this blog with pictures and my experiences in for you to follow.

CRO where I work