Answers to Mrs. Fatland's Kindergarten class

Mrs. Fatland's class,
thanks for all the great questions! Keep them coming... you have given me some ideas of photos to take. Overall this trip has so far been amazing. I do miss you all,
Ms. Swanson

Aleta,
Those boxes are filled with all the school supplies that students from Seattle sent. Some of the boxes will also go to kids in orphanages.
Hugo,
It is in the 80's here and quite humid. Because we are so close to the equator the sun feels super hot... check it out on a globe.
Annabelle-
There are animals here although we don't see them, they hide out in the trees. We did see a small grey monkey cross the road after we visited someones house.
Sophie-
 All the kids in schools, both boys and girls have their heads shaved to prevent lice. They also do not use water here to wash there hair. It just keeps everyone cleaner.
Eden-
 It is quite beautiful here... I will try to take some more photos of the landscape.
Max-
 The crate is a shipping container 40 feet long it had about 850 boxes.
Evie-
 There are not a lot of flowers here, different kinds of tropical plants... I will keep my eyes out for flowers for you.
Jordan-
 This is one of my favorite places in the world.
Reed-
 The Mukono boarding and day school has 1050 studednts some stay at the school some walk to school.
Drew-
 I am having an amazing time, people here are so wonderful and kind. They are very happy to see us.
Mason-
 It rains once a day. We look forward to the rain as it cools everything down. The roads here can get very dusty and the rain helps that.
Jena-
 Most school start at P1 which is first grade. I will take a photo of a kindergarten for you.
Luke-
 the boxes came over on a boat. They were put on a boat in Seattle and sent all the way to Kenya and then put on a truck into Uganda.

Good morning From Uganda

It is 7:30AM here, 9:30PM there. While you are going to bed, I am just starting my day. I wish there was a way for me to capture the sounds of morning here. The birds usuallly start first, a distinctive throaty sound, then the chickens and roosters, small tweety birds begin to wake up. I picture them clustered in the large trees tweety to each other, saying "good morning." Soon the people start to move around, sweeping the stone driveway with a broom made of small twigs... a very distintive sound for me.... morning in Uganda.

Ugandan School bus:)

This photo was taken at the end of distribution day... all the kids and boxes piled in the back, they will drive many miles back to school that way.

Distribution day

Today was distribution day! We arrived at Mukono School in the morning and quickly organized all the boxes into the distubution piles. Eight schools approximately 800 kids total gathered for the ceremony, the special guest was the Mayor of Mukono aka his Lordship (that is what they called him, no joke!) As students sat under white tents in bright blue chairs, their voices sang out in songs of greeting and thanks.
Several schools had prepared a special song or dance for us.  After the kids sang and danced, the adults gave speeches. The day was marvelous as you could feel the excitement and joy bubbling throughout. Everyone was grateful and appreciative of all that was donated. We handed out individual items and took lots of photos.
At the end of the day we watched kids pack boxes out on their heads, or pile into an old pick-up.
There was much joy and singing.

more from the container...

unloading the container

Today we arrived at Mukono school early before it got too hot and enlisted the P6 boys..thats grade 6 to help us unload shipping container filled with all the supplies you all sent!

Arrival

So I left Seattle Friday night and stepped off the plane in Uganda on Sunday morning. Needless to say it was a long trek.
Flying into Uganda in the morning was beautiful, I could see the sunrise out the window of the plane and gaze out at the lush green jungle (no big city views here!) It was just perfect to step off the plane into the hot humid air of East Africa. We paid for our Visa, collected 12 pieces of luggage and headed out into the day.