Man, it seems like the Ugandan fellows have taken over the blog! I probably should wait my turn but I wanted to tell you about an encounter I had last Sunday.
One of the great sites in Kampala is the Kasubi tombs where the Buganda kings are buried, and so on Sunday in search of [...]
Life in Africa Foundation (LiA)
Sunday at the tombs
April 2nd, 2008 — , Laura Toepfer, Life in Africa Foundation (LiA), Uganda, microfinance, tourism from toepfer @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Powercords and other purchases
March 25th, 2008 — , Laura Toepfer, Life in Africa Foundation (LiA), Uganda, Uganda. Kampala, shopping, time from toepfer @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Ezra, the administrator of Life in Africa’s new internet cafe, is working on configuring my laptop so that I am connected to the internet here. In the meantime, I am trying to [...]
Dress code
March 19th, 2008 — , Laura Toefler, Laura Toepfer. clothing, Life in Africa, Life in Africa Foundation (LiA), Uganda, culture from toepfer @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Hello from Uganda! I have been in Kampala for a week now and all is going very well, but I have to say I feel woefully underdressed most of the time. People on the street are by and large impeccably turned out. Looking around the Life in Africa office, the men are [...]
Kolping House
March 19th, 2008 — , Drew Kinder, Laura Toefler, Laura Toepfer, Life in Africa, Life in Africa Foundation (LiA), Uganda, animals from toepfer @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
Thanks to Drew Kinder, recently returned Kiva Fellow, I was able to stay at Kampala Kolping House for my first week of (and an easy transition to) Kampala life. Coming back after my first full day at the Life in Africa office, on my last night at Kolping House, I found the following to [...]
Work with Life in Africa
December 3rd, 2007 — Life in Africa Foundation (LiA), Tamara Moore, Uganda from tamarakiva @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
After being in Uganda for a few months and journaling for Kiva, September seems like years ago. Everything was so unfamiliar and I felt like the world I entered was insane. Yet, now I am used to the traffic, the city, the wonderful people, and the smells. J
My experience with Life In Africa has [...]
