The Angst Fam made its second trip to Uganda in December 2024 joined by an awesome crew of ND students.
I had to book flights separately from Corey and the kids. While they had a 45-minute layover in Ethiopia, the students and I had 8 hours '_'
Once there, we had dinner and went to bed.
The next morning we visited Fiona's wood carving business. She is a YALI Fellow (Young African Leaders Initiative) who completed a summer program at Notre Dame. She also happens to be a Bugali Princess :)
The drive from the Entebbe Airport to St. Bakhita's takes about 10 hours. We added on a bit of time with one of our vans breaking down. We eventually condensed to 3 vehicles and set off.
Some of the cuties we pass around the Nile crossing along the way (except they jump on the roof of our vans at a point where we have to slow down... and then grab pineapples off our roof!).
Dinner in Gulu along the way, followed by an opportunity to meet a number of Northern Ugandan entrepreneurs...and a dance lesson :)
We did some fabric shopping to take to our talented tailoring students at St. Bakhitas to have skirts, shirts, and bags made, and for our bookstore retail project before continuing onto Kalongo.
Stopping for bio break along the way. These red dirt roads makeup the last 3+ hours of the trip with locals walking along the side - both human (adult and small children) along with cows, goats and dogs - with pot holes that are often a foot deep.
The heart-warming "Welcome Ceremony"
Dinner our first night in the NEW RESTAURANT! This was monumental, as this ND project was completed a few months prior.
Our first morning at St. Bakhita's started with a run, as usual...and sadly a broken phone for me, tripping on a rock while taking a photo while running. You'd think having done this in Uganda one other time I would have learned my lesson '_'
The walk to the school...
