We had quite an eventful day. The morning was spent helping the women of a local parish, Nyamuyanja, build a raised pen for the parish boar, although "help" may be a bit of a stretch. It was quite amusing to see us attempting to wield a machete ("panga") and hack at a branch and then see someone our grandmother's age accomplish the same feat with three strokes of a strong right arm. The women were very kind and made sure we left the field stuffed to the gills with the local cuisine.
In the afternoon, we picked up a load of grass that will be used to thatch the craft shed roof in front of the FAOC office. We must have been quite a sight to see with three giant bundles of grass balanced precariously on the roof of our SUV. We were sent on our way by a giant crowd of laughing children and some how managed to make it home with our cargo intact.
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