Electrician Amisi Kathaliko being Baptised by Pr Alfonse at KCBC, 1 Dec 2013.
Pr Alex's son Reuben was among the eleven Baptised at the first Ugandan Baptism we've been to.
Kayanzi Baptist church - under construction - when Alfonse and I first visited in March 2013.
Kayanzi Baptist Church, completed and now with its own solar power, Nov 2013.
Life on the water's edge: Fishing preparations and laundry on the shores of Lake Edward at Kayanzi Fishing village, Nov 2013.
Heading out for a night's fishing on Lake Edward.
Kayanzi Baptist Church at night, with its new solar lighting. Nov 2013.
Joyful worship at Kayanzi Baptist Church, Nov 2013.
Isaiah helping train Pr Baluku and Marakua how to manage phone charging records and accounts at Kayanzi BC. Nov 2013.
Excellent fish & chips - enjoying a whole fresh tilapia at Kayanzi on the shores of Lake Edward, Nov 2013.
Solar project monitoring at Nyamugasani BC, Oct 13. The solar LED bulbs were dimmed by filling up with dead insects - a good shake and they came out!
The challenge of getting a solar panel onto a 5.5m high roof! Kikyo BC, Oct 13.
Fixing a solar panel on a very high roof! Kikyo BC, Oct 13.
Children with their impressive homemade drum-kit at Kikyo BC.
The view into DRCongo from Kikyo BC.
BMS Development Intern Natalie Fabian (also a UEA Dev. Graduate) playing with children at Kikyo BC.
Brand new solar battery & USB charging hub installed at Kikyo BC.
Light where there was darkness, Kikyo BC. Oct 13.
The guest gets the gizzards! Supper at Kikyo BC.
With Isaiah & Amisi before preaching at Kikyo BC. Oct 13.
Bethan (& Jonah) greeting some Mamas in Kamembe, South-West Rwanda, in Swahili - the regional language of East Africa.
Sunset over Lake Bunyoni, Sep 13.
Monitoring visit to Kantale BC in Sep 13 with our boss Andrew North. Record keeping is a big challenge in rural areas.
Congo Quarter's LC1 Justus Biregho teaching women how to prime a kickstart Hip pump on the banks of the Nyamwamba River. Aug 2013.
Delivering farming training in Congo Quarter for the flood recovery project. Aug 2013.
Local children squealing in delight as they shower in the high pressure water spray from a hand-powered kickstart pump in Congo Quarter.
Going through the list of names and plots one by one with Pr Alex and Justus,( the LC1) to ensure that the seeds went to all the right people. Congo Quarter Aug 2013.
Distributing seeds in Congo Quarter, Aug 2013.
We had to return to Kantare BC 2 weeks later to replace the solar controller and 3 chargers.
With Pr Michael and a fully working solar lighting & phone charging system at Kantare BC.
A woman tending her coffee crop on the slopes of the Rwenzoris.
Man carrying firewood down past Kantare Baptist Church.
All the equipment and tools needed for a solar installation - a heavy ensemble!
Strong lads from the church carried the solar panel & bag of tools on the steep climb up to Kantare, June 2013.
Amisi & Isaiah Fitting the 60W panel on the roof of Kantare B.C.
African church-bells: A boy playing the drum outside Kantare B.C. The sound bounces off the hills and can be heard for miles.
The first electric lights in Kantare - powered by the sun!
A woman hoeing her unfeasibly steep plot of cassava.
Amisi grappling with the phone chargers.
3 Amigos: Amisi, Gareth & Isaiah.
The steep path back down from Kantare B.C. June 2013.
The Bridge at Mubuku (10km North of Kasese), washed away by the floods in early May.
Pr Alfonse talking to the Red Cross as we attempted to co-ordinate our relief efforts.
Unloading blankets in Acholi Quarter, 8th May 2013.
Bethan sorting through the 133 blankets in Alpha School.
Gareth giving blankets to Residents of Congo quarter affected by flooding.
Residents of Congo Quarter waiting patiently to get their blankets at Alpha School.
2 Policemen provided security for the distribution. Here 1 of them is helping a lady to put her thumbprint against her name as she collects blankets for her household.
Bethan taking the name of an old woman from Congo Quarter as she collected her blankets.
A plot of tomatoes ruined by the flooding in Congo Quarter - this whole area was waist deep in water for about 3 days.
The Nyamwamba river, still swollen one week after it burst its banks and flooded much of Kilembe and Kasese in May 2013.
Half a house left standing in Congo quarter after the Nyamwamba river swept away the other half.
A house full of mud in Congo Quarter - the residents are now sleeping in a relief camp at a local primary school.
On 1st May 2013 the Nyamwamba river carved itself out a new valley
right through the middle of Kilembe, Congo Quarter, Base Camp and other parts of Kasese. There used to be a house and vegetable gardens here.
Lively celebratory singing and dancing by our second class of skills trainees at their graduation in Acholi Quarter on 13 April 2013.
The 16 tailors and 3 carpenters who graduated from the second training course in Acholi Quarter, Kasese, 13 April 2013.
Graduation cake for Acholi Quarter, made by Jambo! Cafe and Cakeshop.
Obviously a second graduation ceremony = a 2 tier cake!
Some of the Skills Graduates now with their own tools and sewing machines (courtesy of TWAM & St A's BC Cambridge), a local politican, and project staff and Development Committee members after the second graduation in Acholi Quarter, 13 April 2013.
Happy customers and staff at Jambo! cafe and cakeshop, Kasese Town. March 2013.
JAMBO! hits the streets with free cakes for Valentine's day to advertise our imminent opening!
Isaiah & Alfonse's Mum making tea on the top of the drum while burning waste to make charcoal briquettes at Isaiah's house, Nov 2012.
Using an adapted meat-mince to make charcoal briquettes at Isaiah's house, Nov 2012.
Pounding eucalyptus leaves to make a more flammable binder - hard work! Dec 2012.
Cooking with home-made charcoal briquettes on a clay "Ugastove" - significantly better than a metal siguri. Jan 2013.
Teaching how conserving trees is essential for the rainfall cycle and for preventing landslides and soil erosion at Kasese District Baptist Women's Conference, Kathasenda B.C. Jan 2013.
Masika Sadress from Nyakasanga B.C. (Acholi Quarter) teaching the women's conference how to make charcoal briquettes from agricultural waste. Jan 2013.
Women at the conference getting involved in preparing and mixing binder for charcoal briquettes.
Women at the conference watching eagerly as Shalot, Anna & Ruth from Nyaksanga B.C. make charcoal briquettes using the adapted meat-mincer. Jan 2013.
65W Solar panel bolted onto the roof of Kahokya B.C. Dec 2012.
With electrician Amisi Kataliko under the new solar-powered outside light at Kahokya B.C.
Lockable wooden box bolted to the wall containing gel-battery, controller, switches & charging units.
Separate lockable lid compartment with 7 partitioned sections for charging mobile phones.
People walking up the steep slope to church. They fetch their water from the very bottom of this valley, which is 1 hour's walk.
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| Alice, Esther and I decorated the first cake the women have sold as their business takes off (Dec 2012). |
Bethan and the Women's Co-Operative from KCBC making a graduation cake.
Bethan with Eliza, Alice and Maureen and their completed cake at the Graduation ceremony.
Us wearing the shirt and dress made for us by the first course of tailors
(Although we'll probably never wear them both on the same day again!)
The first fifteen graduates in Tailoring/Carpentry and Business Skills, plus Pr Alfonse, Gareth, Rev Sitariko and the L.C.3 of Nyamwamba Division.
Zhile Kighoma (Left), our tailoring instructor, and Bwambale Wilson (Carpentry) looking at the new tools from Tools With A Mission.
Bethan running a weekly music group at Daycare.
Bethan and Moreen teaching (and signing) a song to a couple of hundred children at Rukoki Special-Needs Primary School.
Delivering a sewing machine to Kabugho Elizabeth, one of the first class of tailoring graduates, Thanks to St Andrew's St Baptist Church, Cambridge & Tools With A Mission (TWAM).
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