Solar baking

Trip Start Dec 10, 2011

Trip End Jan 26, 2012

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Flag of Uganda Kamuli, Kamuli, Uganda
Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Today I went to Pam and Alans house and I taught a class of 12 how to bake a cake. They are members of Badala's youth group and want to start a company baking and selling cakes and various other things and then putting the money they raise back into the community for orphans and widows. We baked a fairly basic cake and cooked it in a home made solar cooker that Badala made. This is something his group is also trying to promote in an attempt to improve the environmental effects of African cooking. It took about 2 hours for the cake to bake using this method but proved rather effective even on something like this. They were very keen learners and took notes on basically everything.

Pam cooked me a lovely goat and mashed potato lunch and I cant believe how nice it was having mashed potato, something so simple but that I realise now I have missed.

Tomorrow morning I am going back to meet with Pastor Fred from their church (Pentecostal) and am arranging with him to be involved in a 3 day children's program, teaching the kids about love, hope, initiative and helping others

the solar cooker

. Although they are only young orphans so I will probably mostly play games with them! Pastor Fred is also arranging for me to paint the orphanage. I have big plans for my last 2 weeks and hope that it keeps me busy and helps a least a little.

I am so greatful that Pam and Alan have welcomed me into their home and allow me to give people these opportunities.

After lunch Badala told me he would show me the way home, little did I know he meant about a 5km walk to HIS home in the complete opposite direction to mine. It was nice to meet his family though and he showed me a form of home made fruit dryer that he is making for widows in the village so that they can keep a variety of fruits all year round. He is also coming to get me tomorrow to take me with his group to learn how to make jewellery and table cloths and other things that they will also sell. I love learning the simplicities of African life and the way they make do with things they have around them. It is so different and much less materialistic than Australia.

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