Today was a travel day from Port Fortal
back to our home base in Kampala.
However, we did have one interesting
stop along the way that was not directly connected to WaterCan. We stopped at an African farm (owned by Moses
and Gladys) which is currently getting some assistance from JESE so they can
improve the productivity of the farm to help them raise their 14 children. Moses and Gladys have 10 children of their own
plus 4 children (nieces and nephews) who have lost their parents.
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| Gladys |
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| Moses |
The farm was quite picturesque and was
located on a fairly steep slope. We saw several
different animals, including: goats, chickens, cows and dogs. In terms of crops, they grow bananas (their
biggest crop) plus hot peppers, coffee plants (a new crop), potatoes, plus more. Moses is currently clearing more land to
increase his productive acreage. However, unlike
back home, he does not have any wood clearing equipment or excavators, and
instead does it all by hand! In fact, he has no equipment on the farm what soever except hand hoes!
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| Yard behind the house |
JESE is currently helping this farm on
things like: ways to reduce soil erosion during the wet seaaon, marketing their goods as well as a few
other things I missed. Both Moses and
Gladys were happy to meet all of us and even showed us some family photos. When leaving, Moses wished all of us good luck
and safe travels.
After leaving the farm, the trip back to Kampala was fairly
uneventful. However, one can never get
bored watching the various sights (many of which I noted in my day 4 blog). During a quick stop along the road, I bought a big bunch of bananas (see picture on homepage) for the group. We got back to Kampala about 6 pm and had a short break
before having dinner at our hotel (Speke Hotel).
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