Everyone talks about 'culture shock' when moving to a new place.  I have traveled to a lot of places and have lived overseas for the past seven years.  I did not expect to experience culture shock when moving to Gulu, Uganda.  I was wrong.  I've lived in cities most of my life ...

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[caption id="attachment_1454" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Stephen in Pader, credits Geofrey Onen"][/caption] Stephen K. Nyakahuma Uganda- a brief profile Uganda, ranks among the poorest countries in the world. Uganda’s Human Development Index stands at 0.514 placing the country at 157 out of 182 countries (UNDP ...

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Hello all- I have just learned about this blog, and want to post a link to the one that I have been writing for the last three months. I hope you take a look and make comments!! http://cduganda2010.blogspot.com

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I've just returned from Uganda to Canada, right into the middle of the commercial holiday madness, something I had completely forgotten existed as I sat in my grass-thatched hut in northern Uganda. The guilt laden songs and images of children with flies on their faces and sorrowful eyes (which I ...

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The first day I arrived at the office of the Refugee Law Project back in May, there was no power. Computers could not be accessed to see the clients' files. Reports could not be drafted. So we waited and chatted until it returned. I am almost through with my time in ...

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Coming to northern Uganda to volunteer with Peace For All International (www.peaceforallinternational.org) as part of a six-month internship, I presumed I would be another eager foreigner trying to use my skills in a sea of NGOs. To be honest, I think I came here partially ...

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Rain rain go away, come back some other day. In southern Uganda, I guarantee that the rain will be back by tomorrow or the next day for sure. It’s the middle of rainy season here and it rains nearly every day for about an hour or two. You can see ...

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A few months ago I was awarded a scholarship by the AUCC to undertake a three month internship in Uganda with a project called Healthy Child Uganda (HCU). The organization is a really neat collaboration between the Mbarara University of Science and Technology in southern-Uganda, the University of Calgary and ...

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