Tag Archives: karamoja

Let me now introduce you to Florence…

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Living Geo d'Arcy

Florence is a health care worker at the busy Kawempe Health Centre 4 (level just below a hospital). Florence has been a health care worker for over 30 years. Kawempe is a slightly more than usual disadvantaged area in the … Continue reading →

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How can you meet Denish, and why would you want to?

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Living Geo d'Arcy

Here’s how you can meet Denish… A 10-hour journey in good, well maintained and mostly comfortable UN 4wd (or 12 hours by bus) from Kampala, capital of Uganda, to Moroto in north-eastern Karamoja Region → Drive a further 3.5 hours, … Continue reading →

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Stuck in between and loving it!

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Living Geo d'Arcy

As a communications specialist (apparently) on my Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) assignment I was not exactly sure what I was meant to be doing in the field. The majority of STOP members spend most of their time in the … Continue reading →

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