So, I believe my African adventures will continue, God willing! Am missing Mawanga and many people in Uganda. Such is life when you lived in another place that has left quite the footprint.
News from Mawanga is not all that good. The bore hole is having some technical difficulties and is completely shut down. Where do the people there get water now? From what I know, they get it from ditches and puddles and rice fields. It breaks my heart because the last time I walked through a rice field, there was a dead frog...floating belly up in the water just beside the path. Makes my heart just shrink to think that these people are drinking that water.
An outbreak of Typhoid has also become rampant in the area. People have failed to boil their water and have become quite sick. The clinic is very busy teaching and treating with the drugs that they have. The drugs run out in a short period of time and I am unsure of how the stock is holding up. The people seem a bit complacent when it comes to boiling the water. Seems like complacency and non compliance to medical advice is the same here in Canada as it is in Uganda.
The people there continue to remain resilient and deal with the situation as best they can. They know how to deal with life, especially when dissappoinments and negative things take place. Hopefully the bore hole will get fixed soon. This is my prayer.
