Thanks for veiwing my blog. In this post you will find project links and other such things to give you more background information on what is going on.
Again, I'll be in Mulobere, Uganda which is close to Masaka. If you google Masaka then i'm sure you can find it on a map. Give it a try!
I should be arriving there at the end of May and I plan on flying home in the middle of August. Two and a half months is honestly only a heart beat in terms of working intricately with another culture. Maybe someday I can go for a few years!
While in mulobere I will be working with the University of Minnesota's Engineers Without Borders (UMEWB) as I am also traveling with EWB. I'm personally excited about this because I have never traveled to a developing country before in a group, I have always gone solo which is fun in a confusing "Where am I" sort of way.
Working with UMEWB has been wonderful. They are a group of extremely dedicated and benevolent young people, and I encourage you to read more about them...
EWB: http://www.ewb-usa.org/
UMEWB: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~ewb/
Once in Uganda we (EWB and I) will be staying at Hope Integrated Academy (HIA) which is run and funded by the Uganda Rural Fund (URF). Check out the websites...
HIA: http://www.hopeacademyuganda.org/
URF: http://www.ugandaruralfund.org/
I'll be working with another public health student, Amber Koske, to conduct a community health assessment to measure the impact of UMEWB's water project and to distribute a large quantity of long lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets (LLINs). I'll elaborate more on the LLIN subject in the next post.
Until then, I would like to recommend a beautiful documentary that I recently watched that takes place in Uganda...
War Dance: http://www.wardancethemovie.com/
Do watch it!
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