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What a morning that was! Getting up at the crack of dawn and walking down a savannah path to help an african herdsman milk his cow and goats. I regret not being at the slaughter of the two goats for the end of visit barbecue. Sounds morbid but makes perfect sense if you think that rarely does a meat-eater see the complete story of how the meal come to the table.
This is Kira Farm Development Centre in Southern Uganda where our party of North Devon pupils and teachers spent ten days in July 2012. We were there to experience the Amigos charity efforts to train some of Uganda’s most vulnerable young people in farming, textiles, catering and other skills. Particularly heart-warming was the opportunity to visit ex-students back in their homes after they had finished their one-year courses.
In this film you can see the students of Kira farm making bio-water filters to take into the local community. Helping to deliver these filters, one to the local dignatry,(politics is everywhere) two to schools and one to a children’s sports club was one of the proudest feelings I’ve ever experienced. And I hadn’t done anything! It makes me angry when I hear affluent people complain about their rights when such deserving people are so grateful for something so basic.
A Monkey in Manhattan 