The holiday is over and I am back at work again:)
Here are a few photos of some of the things I have been doing the last couple of months:
HOLIDAY
I spent 4 weeks travelling around Uganda and Rwanda. Plenty of nice people, scary and cute animaIs and lots and lots of fun!!
Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda: We left some bananas in the car and this poor little guy went crazy..He really really wanted those bananas...
Leopard and zebra
and elephant.. Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
With my little sister Gine at Mweya Lodge on New Years Eve
Uganda on a plate: Fruit and vegetable road side markets,colourful and beautiful. And yummy!
Ugandan police boat at Kalangala, Ssese Islands,Lake Victoria
A few weeks back we were invited to spend a day at George Semivule's, headmaster at Mengo, farm outside Kampala. Beautiful surroundings:) We got a tour of the farm, which was very interesting, all sorts of strange fruits and vegetables, and Jane and mrs Semivule organized a delicious meal for us.
Dinner at the farm
African bbq
At Mengo: touring the school with Tormod's parents before heading to the farm
WORK
Inspecting the new girls' dormitory at St. Joseph Technical Institute with Charles. The girls are coming next week and the dorm must be ready by then. Fingers crossed..
Filming Winnie at work- she has been working at a carpentry shop over the holidays but she will be back at St Joseph next week to continue her studies (carpentry and joinery)
At the moment I am working on a documentary about education in Uganda, with particular focus on girls.
In Uganda, girls account for 47% of total enrolment in primary school and 32% at secondary level. Drop out rates for girls are high due to, among other things, the cost of education (families prefer to pay for boys' education if they have to choose because they will stay in the family whereas girls will join another family), early pregnancies (35% of girls are pregnant or have given birth by the age of 17- and these girls are not allowed to come back to school), work, taking care of ill family members, and sexual violence.
I am following three girls (so far) from three different schools (high school and university level), filming them at school, at work and at home. The girls speak from perspectives of advantage and disadvantage, and talk about their struggles,frustrations, achievements, and dreams.
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Interviewing Winnie in Kisubi
That was all for now. Will be back with more up dates soon!!
Linn
