I just successfully bought my first item at the market... the interns are making dinner tonight and three of us are in charge of buying fruit for the fruit salad. I bought my pinapple for 1000 shillings ($.50). I'm now in an internet cafe called Love in Action... I'll let you make your own conclusions about that.
Masaka is wonderful! I already know my way around the main part of town. Not that it's too terribly difficult, but i still feel pretty accomplished. Yesterday we visited Saint Judes, a sustainable agriculture "training farm" outside Masaka. It's a model for all the sustainable agriculture in the area. I'll add more details about that later, but a highlight learning how to use gas from cow dung to power a stove! We also saw some rain water collection tanks.
I'm trying to cram as much Luganda into my head before I begin my stay with my host family tomorrow. I've met them all already actually. Dinah (host sister) works with FSD. She is 19 as well. Our host parents own stores in town and they couldn't tell us enough how excited they are to have us stay with them.
Molly, did you negotiate that pineapple price down from 5,000 shillings?
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