This will be the 3rd time that I'v trid to update the blog loss of connection and other intrrruptions hve wiped my words of the screen and I've given up in disgust!
This is th 1st day of holidays and I've been to collect electogaz bill but didn't feel my elbows were sufficiently sharpened to cope with the mass of aggressive queueuers so came to internet instead.
Tomorrow I go to work with Annemeic to prepare for her 2 workshops later in November on making language teaching more interactive.
A few of us are planning to go to Gisenyi for the weekend and the I'm going East for a few days.
The last school trip went very well -we played with clay at a pottery and once again visitd the kings palaces old and new in Nyanza. The big event of the last few weeks was the Deaf Conferece. Thanks to the Ugandan Deaf who came to help it all went very smoothly, more or less according to time with lots of interaction and the elections wer so transpparent and fair Iwas amazed!
The sign Language project was officialy launched with media there I've met a few people who've said they say me on telvision!! that was before the gathering degnerated with some Deaf getting very drunk and refusing to leave!!
Ruth, the new volunteer, is getting all geared up to start the Sign Languag research.
She and I took the 2ndary students out for a meal last week which was great fun as they piled their plates and then signed enthusiastically across the tables to the amazement of other customers!!
We had the final of the Football competition on Thursday and I'm to meet the 3 teachers who were involved, for a drink tonight. One of them has ben preparing banana leaf cards which I'm bringing home to sell.
Some of us went for a picnic on Sunday in the arboretum of the University - no one else there - it was very peaceful in the bamboos!!
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