Kapchorwa

So, I am heading to a place called Kapchorwa tomorrow morning and which is at the base of Mt. Elgon here in Uganda and will be gone until the end of October.  It is also right by the border of Kenya.  It is pretty much a rural village and will take about 5 hours to reach from where I am staying here in Kampala.  I will be doing a practicum for the program I'm with and I applied to do the agro-forestry practicum in Kapchorwa and that is the one I was selected for so I was really excited!!  I will be pretty much shadowing and working with the Food for the Hungry staff who are currently working with the agro-forestry and local farmers in that area.  All of the FHI staff are Ugandan so it will be really awesome to interact with them and get to know them. 

I will not have internet access except for maybe once every couple of weeks....so when I do I will make sure I keep my blog updated so I can relay my exciting experiences up on the mountain of isolation :) Along with no internet includes no electricity or warm water (luckily we do have a western toilet...don't know how i lucked out with that commodity), and more often than not non-working cell-phone service.  I am going along with one of my fellow classmates, Kyle, and he will be doing research for the Child Development Program that Food for the Hungry has in Kapchorwa.  They sent us all out in pairs so that is nice that I won't be completely by myself.  So, if you think of me keep me in your prayers!!