Sunday, February 27, 2011
back home
Friday, February 11, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
from a friend...
I was just thinking of you as I have been reading news about the upcoming elections in Uganda. I imagine that there is a slight feeling of ease in the area with the seemingly smooth passage of the Sudanese Referendum, but i also know that there are still concerns about potential election violence. How things are feeling around there these days? Are you staying around for the elections or are you taking off as previously planned? Whatever it is you do, may it be safe. I'll be thinking of you and your current homeland as these next few weeks pass.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
three weeks
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
solstice
Most of the people on the bus were Ugandans on their way home for Christmas. Earlier in the day, warnings were issued by Ugandan Police about terrorist attacks during the holiday season. This is the second grenade attack in Nairobi in December. Two grenades were detonated in suburbs near the city earlier this month. Police think today's explosion was from the same type of Russian made grenade.
Today I feel nervous. When I hear about this type of violence in a place where I have been (and will soon return to) my stomach tightens and my heart beats a little too fast.
My plan is to return to Uganda in January and then leave in mid-February during the election. I will take a bus from Jinja to Nairobi and then on to Mombasa. I will relax at the beach until the election results are confirmed and life returns to normal.
Today's news puts a dent in my confidence. And then there's Ivory Coast. I should probably also mention the January 9th referendum in South Sudan.
I can't control what will happen. For now I'll go with my motto: "plan for nothing, prepare for everything" but frankly, I'm a little frightened. I want to overcome this fear. I don't want to live in fear. I don't even want to live with fear. I want to feel confident and secure.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
weather: you like it or not
Imagine being brutally attacked by your husband. You are rushed to the hospital, on the verge of death. At the hospital, you are cared for, and when you are slightly stronger, you are sent back home to the perpetrator of the crime because the hospital workers are ignorant of the law and the police require a bribe to file a police report.
Or, imagine you are a 13-year-old girl, raped and impregnated by your assailant. Your family is so poor and ignorant of the law that they accept a cow from the family of the man as settlement for the deed. Case closed.
Incidents like these are what inspired Just Like My Child Foundation’s “Project Justice” – a comprehensive human rights education program conducted in partnership with FIDA, a Federation of Women Attorneys that is Promoting the Dignity & Human Rights of Women & Children Using Law as a Tool of Social Justice.
SIGNING OFF TO SELL,SELL,SELL!