I woke up feeling relatively stiff after 6 hours of white
water rafting yesterday! It was also pretty cold this morning. Anyhow, we had
signed up for a bungee jump so we continued with our plans. Ended up hurtling
through the air at great speed and plunging my head and shoulders into the Nile!
What a great way to start the day. I recommend it. Under supervision obviously.
Then I said goodbye to the other who headed back to Kiwoko
for some more hard work. I dropped my bag off at my hotel and wandered into
Jinja hoping to get some lunch. I strolled up and down with nothing of any
great appeal jumping out. Then I bumped
into a couple who I thought were also just strolling up and down. Turns out
they were buying some food for one of the street children. So we got chatting
and they invited me for lunch. I agreed to go so we hopped on two bodas and set
off. Turns out on the way they just had to swing past some chicken farm in the
middle of nowhere!! So after negotiating semi jungle they found it again! It
had been a year since they last went…
Then we continued walking the rest of the way for lunch. I
thought I was going to theirs. But no…we ended up at a house for 34 girls who
used to be street children. They are a couple from Bristol who set it up in
2008 and visit twice a year. The house has 2 live-in ‘aunties’ who take care of
the girls aged 7-21. It was such a wonderful afternoon chatting and laughing
with them. They sang for us and just wanted to sit near us and on us. Many of
them have ad difficult backgrounds and so it was hard hearing many of their stories.
After a few hours it was time to head back into town. So we said our goodbyes
and they dropped me back on the high street where they had found me. It was so
surreal but an incredible opportunity to get a little insight into how these
two people are serving the street children of Jinja.
So tomorrow I begin in Amani Baby Cottage. Very excited
after today!
Sarah
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