The MDiv story: Photos from days recent in Uganda

Friday, October 06, 2006

Photos from days recent in Uganda

here is a picture of the last prison i visited in kayunga. It was very much in a state of disrepair.

these are the female prisoners. the female ward is tiny! probably smaller than most bathrooms in the states.

here are some of the male convicts. this is where they sleep. I wasn't able to take photos until the officer in charge heard that one of the pentecostals i was with had worked to do restoration of 2 other prisons. then he insisted that i go around and take photos. Self/communal interest working out for my best eh?

Here I stand with the prisoners from the last prison I went to. don't worry, we aren't "sticking them up, although it may appear like that. The officers yelled out raise your hands if your saved or some such thing.

Here I stand posing with my friend John, prisoners, and officers. Odd huh? Behind us is the jug fruit tree. the jug fruit gets to be about twice the size of the fruit there. Perhaps not a good tree to nap under

the man next to me is also a prisoner and he is translating for me. ... I still have bad posture even in Africa.

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Here I am "preaching" to the prisoners. More of a tirade on a whole bunch issues mixed with messages about empowerment

here is the first prison i visited in Mukono

Some of the kids hard at work.

Here are the toliets for the students and teachers. Some teachers left the school just because of the poor facilities

here is the school that i visited that works with orphna children. Ahead are 4 classrooms. When i was in one i could hear every other class.
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So I have been wanting to get a photo of these cows for a long time, but never had the camera. I apoligize for the bad photo quality, but they are standing on a garbage heap that is burning and I didn't want to get too much smoke in my lungs. These cows have giant horns and they come and pick up the food at the local land dump, which is right next to the road. The gov. comes and burns the garbage.

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