There currently are eight villages that are actively
participating in COBRA. I may have
neglected to mention that COBRA is the local organization that PODA is
partnering with for this project. Some of the villages border the Congo.
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| These hills are in the Congo |
The
villages are: Busalya, Kamatsuku, Nyakahya, Nyabugando, Katasenda, Kyampara, Tuyalomdere and Kisanga.
I spent some time today with Nelson & Wilson and we have
put together a map of the area so we can now locate these small villages on a
map. The first village we visited, Katasenda, there were two funerals
happening that day. One was for an elder
in the village and the other a young mother who had died a few days after
childbirth. It was not appropriate for
us to be touring about so respectively we moved on to the next village.
This community, Kisanga, is very active and very well managed. Like any project there are villages that are
thriving and some that are closer to just surviving. This community was so welcoming and they took
me around to meet all their members, their extended families, and their goats. They showed me their gardens, their pigs,
their fowl and their cocoa trees.
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| Two new kids |
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| Stopping to eat some cocoa |
They had already heard about the water bottle lighting idea
and showed us buildings they wanted to light up. Even on a very bright day like today, the
inside of these buildings were totally dark.
By mid-afternoon we were back at Nelson’s house where he
hosted me for lunch. I got to meet his
son Nellie who is now three. Nelson said that I am the
first Muzungu or white person he has seen.
At first he was very shy but by the time I left he was talking to me and
always trying to get my attention. He
was also intrigued by my glasses!
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