Snapshots from daily life: #1)

In this picture, taken looking out from the Buddukiro drop in center (located in Nyendo’s slum area), you can see some of some of the most common household items used here in Masaka. There are the ubiquitous basins, used for anything from washing clothes or dishes, bathing, and carrying away clippings from the garden. You have your little wooden stool- the perfect height for sitting next to one of those basins as you wash! (This is the rectangular model- I prefer the circular one myself.)

Next to the basin, you have the yellow ‘jerry can’, used for toting water from the neighborhood faucet back home. You can see even very little kids carrying full cans on their heads. You also have some black dress shoes. You may notice that they are very ‘smart’ (think British meaning) and perfectly polished. Ugandans put a high priority on looking smart, and most press their clothes and polish their shoes before each wearing. (I’ll try to get a snapshot of the charcoal-powered iron next time…)

Bonus- in the background you can see a chicken. They, like the goats, tend to roam freely during the day, foraging for themselves, and then somehow remembering where to return home come evening.