15th July 2011

At 7.00 / 7.30h. we supposed to be at Schiphol airport, unfortunately one of us arrived at 7.50h. Which caused stress at the other group members. Two funny theatre girls entertained us while waiting with some songs and making group pictures.

Flight took us in 8, 5 hours to Kigali, Rwanda. There we waited for one hour before we left to Entebbe, Uganda. In Entebbe Jane was there to pick us up from the airport together with two drivers. Our luggage was placed on the rooftop of the van, which was very strange to us...

Then we arrived at ICU guesthouse in Kampala. When we arrived there the light was out for at least one hour. So we had to find our ways in the dark.

16^th July 2011

This morning we were given some extra sleeping time so we had breakfast at eleven. Jane arranged luxurious breakfast. After breakfast Sander gave us a Kampala sightseeing tour by van. We were impressed by this city, the people, the crowd and the traffic. We had diner in downtown Kampala. After diner we left for Ndere danceshow. We enjoyed the show and even we danced a typically Dutch dance (polonaise) with several nationalities.

17^th July 2011

This Monday was our first volunteering day at Kawempe Youth Centre (KYC). KYC is located at the slums of Kawempe, Kampala. There we meet the children of KYC and KSPH who are joining us these two weeks. Hann - one of our volunteers - leaded a dialogue session about being disabled. Which has already lead to more respect for disabled people.

While being at KYC the people of Kawempe come to see us and call us Muzungu (white people). Lots of children were waving to us and joined us playing soccer.