The nearest town to Kiwoko is Luweero, about 10 miles away.
On Saturday Irene and Corrie needed some urgent shopping and so visited the
market there.
The first stop was at the vegetable stall. Here there was a variety of recognisable vegetables such as tomatoes and onions, as well as those not usually found in
It is unusual for stall holders to have scales. Instead
items such as tomatoes are sold by quantity whilst potatoes are sold by the
bucket – Here Irene is buying a quarter bucket.
Buying meat is more of an adventure. Chickens are bought
live for ‘processing’ at home whilst meat is bought off the bone at open air
butchers. Its best to shop early before the meat has had a chance to
‘mature’ in the sun. And flies are no problem!!!!!!!!
Finally, after a hard morning shopping there’s always a
chance to cool off with an ice-cream at the local ‘supermarket’.
Back at the Hospital we also had a different sort of market.
Over the months a variety of clothes had been brought out by visitors and left
to be sold. On Thursday we held one of our very popular ‘Sales’ where staff,
students and villagers were keen to buy clothes, shoes and suit cases. The money
will be used for some for the Christian and Children’s ministry at the
Hospital.
We don’t think it was a homeless clothes moth, but the next
day a large moth decided to rest on the frame of Malcolm’s office door –
could it be the moth-er of all moths?
This week’s Proverb from the BBC
Africa web-site is from Zambia
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