The second year has been a full year in Uganda with 2 trips back home, once for a month over Christmas and the second for the wedding in June. Both are covered by blog posts and pictures.
This year I've only managed 38 blog posts instead of the 45 in the first year and have had nearly 1,600 page views bringing the total to a respectable 3,600. This will be the 84th blog post and I plan to post 100 overall. Over the past year the most popular post has been 'So, What's it Really Like' posted on 3rd August last year. I obviously struck a chord as the post has nearly 300 page views!
As well as the 2 trips home highlights of the past year have been:
- Our day out in search of a shoebill in late July
- The partner meeting in August including a very interactive day on finance
- A weekend in Lake Mburo to celebrate my birthday in September
- A week away on a road trip around the north and east of Uganda in October, including spending our wedding anniversary at Sipi Falls
- A residential training week for partners in Kampala on 'Integrating Programming and Finance' in November
- Ann and David's visit in February and our holiday week in Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth parks
- Completing the grant monitoring at the end of March
- An Easter break spent exploring Kampala
- Barbara's visit in May and June and our holiday week travelling to the South West
- Numerous partner visits with colleagues where we worked hard and then relaxed over a meal and a drink in the evenings
Now our thoughts really are turning towards the next chapter. Where will we be and what will we be doing in a year's time? What are we going to do to earn some money?
But there are still 3 busy months left in Uganda with more training sessions on core cost budgets and cost allocations, follow up visits to partners and writing up my learning and experiences to pass on. Then there is all of the packing and clearing of our flat in Uganda. So plenty still to do!
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