The cold is about to hit!
So tonight I leave Uganda for 3 weeks back in the UK, and the current weather on the island is not making the trip that appealing. As I’m writing this there is lovely sunshine here & I am wondering WHY am I leaving this!!
I’ll be staying at my mums for Christmas & New Year & then running my animal clinic during the week of the 4th Jan. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone but I will miss a lot of things here! I feel very contented here being able to use every day to do something rewarding that can really help people, but there are somethings I just won’t miss! The animal rights thing again reared its ugly head again on Friday. As I am driving along the road I see a small pick up truck that has been pulled over by the police. In it were two cows on their sides squashed together & tied down to the floor of the truck. As you approached them it looked like they were dead but as I got closer I could see that they were in fact breathing, very much alive & suffering greatly. As has become a habit for me now, I stopped the car right by the truck & let rip on the driver. The police man said ‘look even the muzungu (white lady) thinks its cruel’! I was reassured that this man was being locked up. But you know someone, somewhere is doing the same thing to some other poor animals. I really have to do something about this.
When I return in Jan we have 2 weeks to get organised before the start of the new school year here. Rose & I have been trying to put together a plan of action to make some improvements to the current school but we also need to always remember that we can’t spend too much money on things that will not be there when we build the new brick school. So we’re looking at short term improvements to make the conditions better until we have raised enough money for the new school.
Comic Relief have begun distributing their nets in Uganda & in Feb/Mar I have been invited to be part of the next phases of distributions. I do have some issues about how they charged people twice as much for nets as we do but ultimately it will be a great experience to be part of a BIG distribution to see how things are done!
So today is final organising, packing& then wrapping up warm ready for the journey back to the UK later tonight!