The intervention started yesterday with 14 mothers. They all thanked us for being there and seemed interested in the information – hopefully that interest stays for the next month. Four of the mothers brought small children who walked around from mother to mother. Two came over to me at different times and plopped down in my lap – one was even generous enough to try feed me. The energy in the room was good even though we had some logistical things, like consent, to get through. The counselors translating for us were great and everyone is optimistic it will go well.
In other news – it seems Gulu is having a water crisis. I guess we haven’t had water coming to our place for a week and we have now used up our tank. The pumps where we can fill jerry cans are running out of water and even the places that charge for water are running out. We can still find bottled water to drink but someone is going to have to drive to fill cans for showering and washing dishes. Unfortunately, because we have indoor plumbing at our house we don’t have an outdoor latrine either – so we will have to start walking to the vivo office to use the outhouse. And last night, before we knew how bad it was, it was pouring and we weren’t even home to collect water. Oh well – life living in Gulu :)
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