My last weeks in Uganda

These words are almost surreal to write but I have to: My experience here in Uganda is over.

One thing feels for sure: I’m going to come back at some point in time. Even after six months I feel, there is a bunch of things I haven’t seen yet. I have meet some amazing people in this time and made some real friends. It hurts to leave them behind for an unknown time. There is a lot to say about my hole experience, however I think I already have talked about the most important feelings in my last post. Right now I am just sad to leave and would have wished to be able to stay longer.

Lets talk about the things I did in my last weeks. Mainly I organised a First Aid Workshop over a full day with the teachers of Kikooba Primary School. This was a great day for everybody and I am convinced the teachers learned a lot and are now better prepared in case there is an accident at or around the school. After that the school started in their holidays again and knew they would only come back the week I am leaving. So I used my remaining free time to support an organisation called Aitenga. Mainly I started a small vegetable garden, as well a helping with some IT stuff. And to finish all of and really get everything Uganda has to offer I got malaria in my last month. A tough sickness, but I recovered well.

This finishes my blog about my trip to Uganda here. It has been an amazing experience, including the necessary challenges. So would I personally recommend doing such a volunteering? To be honest I don’t really know. It is of course a personal thing, but for me I can only say that some questions that I would have wished to be answered are still open. Mainly moral questions. However I made so experiences that I would have never guessed I would. So the answer will be left open from my side and I wish everybody how decides to do a volunteering the best. (If you can try to stay longer – a full year would be great)

Thanks for reading my blogs

Raphael