Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:30AM
There is a lot of wildlife in Africa, but I would like to talk about three types of bugs that I found in my bed right before hitting the sac. 1: mosquito, carrier of all things nasty including, but not limited to malaria. 2: jumping spider, not only do you have to kill it, you have to catch it first. 3. cockroach, in my bed under my sheets…enough said. I can’t wait to meet the other 938,786,032 species of insect and arachnids indigenous to Uganda.
More importantly, however less traumatic, tonight I met Dr. Luboga and his wife, Christine. Also, Lauren came in from the airport. We showed Dr. Luboga the supplies we brought and he was almost overwhelmed. When we showed him the laptop computer we bought him, he was actually overwhelmed. Just last week he was trying to buy a computer, but it was too expensive. God bless America and Best Buy (and that guy who gave me 5% off).
Dr. Luboga has a real vision for Africa; he hopes to create a communications building so that all of the NGOs in Africa can meet and share ideas. He is saddened by NGOs that are cut off from other NGOs and have to try and re-invent the wheel in order to get their programs up and running. Ahem, he needs capital too.
Tomorrow is another big day, so good night.
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3 comments:
ummm the arthropod situation is not acceptable - I was kind of dying reading this post. best of luck w/ the mosquitos, love -- at least malaria is treatable. :)
also - super cool and touching to hear about giving them the laptop! you've been there a day and are changing lives. *smooches!* haha jk
You are braver than I, dude. Possibly malarial/yellow feverish/dengue feverish mosquitoes are one thing, but I don't do well with cockroaches.
cockroaches in your bed? you must have gotten the brave genes in the family, i would have screamed my head off so loud you would have heard me in the states. i got goosebumps just from reading about it. sounds like you're having an amazing time, though, take lots of pictures!!!!
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