Welcome to the Village of Lukodi in Gulu,
Uganda. Our team has been living and working here for the last couple
of weeks. Our contact here in Gulu connected us with an organization
called CHILD VOICE INTERNATIONAL. Here in Lukodi, Child Voice runs a
women’s center for young women and their children who were affected by
the war over the past 20 years. It is an amazing program that helps
council, educate and prepare women and children to reenter life in
surrounding villages. For more information on Child Voice, check out
their web site at www.childvoiceintl.org.
Now for a quick tour:
The welcome sign just off the road that leads up to the schoolhouse:
A view of the schoolhouse where the women and children live, eat, work and go to class:
Our little “Mini Village”
My Hut that Jess and I share:
Our spa-like shower that we all share:
And of course, our toilet… yes, that is a concrete slab over a hole in the ground:
Laura carrying like a true Achole woman:
Making our peanut butter:
Erin getting our water for the day (a little over a 1/4 mile round trip.. then you carry it back to our hut):
It may be a little different from home but I still love it here !
