Silver linings

24 Yesterday I made some follow up calls again, to potential sponsors for our anniversary dinner. Indeed, some people avoided them-again. Cathy picked up. She knows who I am but she let me go through a lengthy introduction. That was fine. Finally, I reminded her that I had been following up and needed to know …

Politicians and Tabloids

14 Two years ago we organised a medical camp in Kibuli. Once in a while we would tag 'big wigs' and invite them to put events but they would never show up. This time Amama Mbabazi replied. Nonetheless, we didn't think that he would show up so we made a joke of it. That Saturday …

E for Enough.

Story 4 For a long time, very few members of the 4040 core team had cars. That meant that the few who did were burdened with the responsibility of transporting items..and people whenever we had an outreach and before/after. This one time we happened to be in Joseph's* car. Joseph is one of those people …

Belly joy

  “Laughter is brightest in the place where the food is.”   Over a week ago while going through the posts on popular Facebook page “Kampala Food Network” I noticed one of the administrators, Kavitha had asked a question, with a prize attached. It was actually a comment within a post so I am not …

Home is where the heart is

Do you really know what your brother/sister/uncle/aunt (insert other relatives) does for kyeyo in 'outside countries?' Have you ever asked or are you content with simply receiving the fashionable clothes and turning to them each time money is 'scarce?' I have always had great admiration for people who leave their home country and start a completely …

Free food!

The day started out cold and rainy. All Linda could think of were the excuses people would be making to cut work or make their way out of appointments back at home. She found a colleague and they set off for the train station. Controller at the train station : Are you Kenyan? Linda: No, …

On being thankful…

On being thankful The year is stealthily coming to an end! It feels like every month was shorter than the last. September was different for me though. I made a conscious decision to enjoy it. Most of my feelings were intentional. I let happy moments linger and ensured that negative energy took a back seat, …

Feeling. Sharing. Learning from pain

Last weekend I attended a small event. I am part of a two year program with a couple of other Ugandans. I had met two other participants once before and everyone else was either in administration or had completed the program. After settling down, I shared my experience with those I knew over some bites. …

Celebrating Life :)

September! Oh how the months have flown by! I am always excited about beginnings. If you tell me you have got a new job, or started a new project, I am going to blow it out of proportion. If things don’t work out, well we celebrated when we could. New months are no different. My …

Ode to my sunflower

Somebody new is in your room. It feels wrong. It is like somebody moved the furniture and I hit my head against a closet that wasn’t where it used to be. Will I like her? Will she like me? Shall we get along? Let’s face it. There will never be another you. Oh my sunflower! …