Women at Nanga village, rural Uganda It’s Christmas Day, you’re sitting around the tree with your nearest and dearest, eagerly eyeing up the promising looking parcels that probably contain everything you need for everlasting happiness. Minutes later your face is hurting from all the fake smiling and every time you exclaim ‘wow I really needed […]
The Challenge!
Day 1 Breakfast normally consists of espresso and maybe a piece of fruit if I’m feeling really keen. Whenever I get hungry I have the luxury of making myself whatever I fancy at my work in a busy downtown restaurant. However today this is not an option so I get up extra early to prepare […]
Living Below The Line
Children at a water pump in Kanga, Uganda (courtesy of Raising The Village) OK so I moved to Toronto in January and was lucky enough to come across Raising The Village, an amazing organisation working with villages in Uganda. Their mission statement is: ‘Empower communities so that they are able to determine their own futures […]