Today was just another day of relaxing and hanging out with our friends. It's getting closer and closer to when we leave and I couldn't be more sad. I don't want to leave, and I don't want to go home. I would willingly live here forever. I just feel so comfortable and myself here. I... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, June 26
https://youtu.be/hC34TqXVbSw Favorite part of the day: Hanging out with everyone pretty much all day long & getting my nails painted Least favorite part of the day: Not a whole lot of walking around, so my steps are pretty low Walked 8,196 steps - 3.89 miles
Monday, June 25
https://youtu.be/KhaObpNOJRo Favorite part of the day: Getting to meet Peter’s daughter Least favorite part of the day: It was a pretty lazy day so I didn’t get a lot of walking done Walked 5,796 steps - 2.65 miles
Sunday, June 24
Today we went to the Chimpanzee island that is about an hour into Lake Victoria in Entebbe. We left around 8am from our campus and headed there. It was about a 2 hour drive from our campus to the site. Along with our group, there was also a group of Ugandan students that went with... Continue Reading →
Saturday, June 23
Today we had our wood ball tournament in Kampala at the Mandela National Stadium and we left at 6:15am. We participated in the 10th anniversary wood ball tournament. The tournament was pretty fun, and the First Lady of Uganda was suppose to be there but she had other commitments so she couldn’t make it. It... Continue Reading →
Friday, June 22
Today was a pretty relaxing day, which was much needed because this week was a bit long. We had the morning to work on homework and other assignments, and in the afternoon we had a lecture about research and then we had dinner at Dr. Cathorall and Dr. Brady’s house. This day was awesome for... Continue Reading →
Thursday, June 21
Today we got the opportunity to got to Kampala with our professors to hear their lecture on Public Health and Speech Pathology. We also got to hear information on Speech Therapy from a Ndejje professor which was also very interesting to hear. Afterwards, we had a little bit of free time to go to the... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, June 19
Blog Assignment: Overall, the hospital was a really awesome experience to be apart of. We got a personal tour with a hospital administrator and a nurse, and we got to walk into every area of the hospital. The healthcare system and public health system explained today is rather interesting. The way that they were explained today was... Continue Reading →
Monday, June 18
Blog Assignment: So actually today is the first time that our group encountered a negative situation basically because we all were just misunderstanding each other. On Saturday, we originally had offered to have a group meeting on Sunday night (for those who were in town because some people went to Kampala for the weekend), and a few people agreed to... Continue Reading →