Our first full day in Uganda began - after a small sleep in - with a delicious breakfast of Rolex (omelette rolled in a chapatti) as well as plain chapatti to which we added banana and Nutella... Yum! And... of course the fresh cut pineapple that is so sweet and abundant here!
After breakfast, the Hopebuilders team came to share with us. They shared a little about the history of Uganda and the culture as well as the beginnings and history of Hopebuilders and the vision behind it. With that came some stories fo challenges, but also of wonderful achievements over the years.
We then headed up the road to Village of Hope to see the Village, the homes, meet the mothers and to see all the development that has occurred.
After a lunch of freshly baked rolls (baked by Juliet), salad - and of course fresh passion fruit and pineapple we headed into Jinja to check out the town.
We were able to go to the ATM and load up with Ugandan 'shillings' and felt rich ( an Aus $ is 2000 shillings!) We bought a huge range of things, mini bongos, skirts, bracelets, a 'pink' shirt was bought by one of the guys... and more.
Coming home, we decided to walk down the road to buy some Mandazi (kind of like Ugandan olliebollen) that we have fallen in love with!! On our way back we met some local kids, and began to play and interact with them.... Not long and we had so many kids and so many games going on.... enormous fun was had by all.....
We were called back for an amazing supper of Irish potatoes, rice and beans (and.... you guessed it... fresh pineapple!!)....
That was day 1.... Team 31 style.
Hayley...... on behalf of Team 31!
Checking out the upcoming wall building project
The local kids LOVE the Attention of the team...
The ladies after an afternoon at the Jinja 'boutiques'...
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