The Early Bird...........and the Worm

In Uganda dawn is always at 6.30am throughout the year, which is the sign that the day has started and work must begin.

 Malcolm often goes for an early morning walk, and every day sees a group of men leading a few cows to a field. Here, the animals are butchered and traders buy hunks of meat and take these back to their shops to sell or cook.

 Its an early start at the Hospital Farm. Once the cows are milked, churns are filled and brought around the hospital houses by distributors on bikes.

The Hospital day starts with a service in the dining room for staff and students. This is in English and this week Irene was asked to speak again. Malcolm presented certificates to a number of medical staff, including Sarah from the UK. These were for their help at a ‘Medical Camp’ at a medical centre in Kampala.

For those staff who prefer a service and prayers in Lugandan, they might begin the day at an outdoor meeting sat around one of the rainwater tanks.

This week’s bug is a large grasshopper which came to visit

 This week’s Swahili proverb from the BBC Africa web-site is from Togo  “Once bitten by a snake, you are always afraid of worms” .