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I love kids and depend on coffee for survival (it defines 90% of my personality) Nicknames: Aguie, Aggie, Aggy, Chiqui, Aguila, Zopilote Aguada, Chi-ching! (like a cash register), Gouda, Aguedenga, Ting-ting.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Pictures from Uganda

Ever wonder how the other half of the world lives? Here’s a glimpse….

Attending school barefoot, trying to learn with over 100 other kids crammed in a single floorless classroom with only one teacher is a reality.


Many people build their homes with sticks, mud, and cow dung.


Babies are responsible for caring for other babies.
This little girl could not have been more than three or four years old. I had to completely squat down to be at her eye level…

Children are asked to fetch water from Schistosomiasis contaminated lakes, their only available source of water. Schisto can lead to many gastrointestinal problems, including bladder cancer.

Soft leaves are used instead of toilet paper. This picture was taken inside the staff’s bathroom at one of the primary schools in the villages. You can't really see it, but there's a hole on the ground... and that's the toilet.

And yet…

People laugh

People dance

People want to share what they have with us... we met this lady on the village streets and she not only gave us sugar cane from her garden but also let me use her machete! :)

We really live in an unequal world...


1 Comments:

Blogger Jake said...

What happened sis? Keep blogging!

12:45 PM  

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