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Photos - Uganda - Feb 2006
Julius the Driver and John 'Mosquito' who stay in Patongo IDP camp. Great guys! Julius has this phrase of saying "Yeah Yeah!" all the time. Mosquito is Construction Officer - he's a mature man and always smiling.
Thats the mountain I've just climbed - was fun! We were stopping at the Abim base on the way to Patongo, for the reqular chin-wag, rather than communicate via HF radio (Those radios you can see on the cars).
Sunset above the food tookle - the open hut where we munch lunch eat day. I love the sunsets here in Kotido, and Africa in general. A question that Mike was asked recently by someone in the camps "Why do you Musungus (White people) like to stare at the sunset?" Now that's a good mealtime question.
The tree outside being climbed by some of the various kids that follow us to and from the office most days. They take a keen interest in what goes on in the Medair base. They also ask for cardboard boxes each and every day so they can make toy cars from them.
Chris the Rapper. Well...he doesn't really rap, I just think he looks the part. Chris is a Driver from the Abim bas. He has a large family and one of his main ambitions is to be able to support all his children to have good education.
Chris from Abim and John Knight. Chris is involved in distributions of Non-food items to the IDP camps. John is the Field Coordinator and from the UK - He's quite a gentleman and this shot I got of him doesn't really show his real character. We both get on well with winding up my boss Michelle!
Michelle, Programme Manager for Kotido (My boss). She's giving a more 'thoughtful' pose. She amuses us all by being scared of all things creepy crawley. The thing is that they all seem to aim themselves straight at her! (She was screaming because of some insect as I wrote this!!)
Some of the Patongo team, with the Abim distribution team - ready for a team meeting.
Mike the Watsan Manager (From the US) and Ben, the most regular visiter to the office. I think Ben is 12. The kids here can seem so small for their age because of malnutrition.
The source of the Nile in Jinja, Uganda. Haven't been here as much as i'd like, though twice I've been rafting in the grade 5 rapids. Quite scary, but really fun!! I haven't got any pictures of that because it would be a bit wet for a camera.
This looks like the opposite of a lighthouse - maybe it's a darkhouse! The sunsets here can be so beautiful that its hard to take them. I normally see them best when I go running in the bush once a week - though I don't have my camera with me, so I've missed some perfect shots.
In a meeting to discuss the Patongo team vision.
Near Kotido, but a bit North towards the Sudanese border, we inspect a handpump and borehole which is providing a necessary close source of water for the locals and their goats and cattle.
