It's been another phenomenal day! Our friends at Empower African Children (EAC) thought that we would like to learn about how women in rural Uganda live. So, we spent the day in the home village of one of their scholarship students, Patrick. We met Patrick's mom and were tasked with helping out with the daily chores : preparing lunch, digging vegetables out of the garden, planting, making a fire, fetching water, cutting leaves & trees and, my personal favorite, relocating the cows. Parents, I am sure you are laughing and are perhaps a bit frightened thinking that your daughters would not be too successful at these tasks. In fact, they were pretty great at all except for relocating the cows (they were hostile according to Ms. Haley who was dragged along, but is fine, by an uncooperative bull). They also allowed the EAC boys to carry their water but, overall, they were enthusiastic participants in all of the daily activities! It was true experiential learning and we are so grateful to have had this unique opportunity.
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Thank you for that blog. The photographs give a real feel of what it's like in an African village. It's truly amazing how the African women can produce such wonderful meals with the facilities that they have.
ReplyDeleteHow was the peanut stew? Who got to kill the chicken?!!
I am so glad to see that we have an excellent following on the blog - thank you! The food was delicious and so fresh. No chickens (or any of the cute piglets that we saw) were harmed for our meal. The rice was especially flavorful. The biggest challenge for us was that the family did not have or use utensils so we ate with our hands - that was hard with rice and sauces but it was all part of a wonderful experience.
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