Kumi pics

Some pictures from Kumi, Uganda. I wish I could put up even more, but maybe this will give a taste for what our lives were sort-of like.

This is Dr. Ekure, the super super cool orthopedic surgeon that we spent a lot of time with in Kumi. He was very nice and taught us a lot while we observed in the wards and watched surgeries. He does a lot with the limited resources. This is the office he runs the Friday orthopedic surgery clinics in. Next door was the room that they ran the club foot clinics on Wednesday.

Annie and I got to visit the local school while we were there. There were 135 grade 1 students in this room. The government school was also doing a lot with limited resources. The school asked if a school in the United States would be interested in starting a pen-pal program with their school (which they hope may eventually result in some fund raising after a few years). If pen pal program is something you are interested, please email me.

The school had a whole program for us including a demonstration of their sports programs and signing by the children. They also have us some beautiful flowers that grow around Kumi. Annie and I gave them some soccer balls, crayons, and a Frisbee that I brought from the States. Thank you to those who donated money or supplies before I left! I think the kids at the school will appreciated it.

Here are some children we me while going for a day trip to see the Kumi Rock Paintings. It wasn't the most exciting thing ever, but still it was fun.

More kids.

Here is a woman we met in Kumi. She is over 100 years old. She is such a beautiful and friendly person.

There were a bunch of people hanging out on Sunday afternoon and playing the local board game. I forgot the name of it in Uganda, but in Malawi the children called it, "Bao." People can get really into the game and soon there will be a group of men all watching the match. The guy in the white shirt kept winning the matches. I think he gets a lot of practice.

A sort-of sunset. The sunsets here are very beautiful. I have been trying to capture a good one, but it never looks the same. Here was one of my attempts.

A field of millet, one of the local staple foods. It is so pretty against the sky. they make "millet loaf" out of it which is millet flour mixed with cassava flour. They also make some drinks with millet.