Kotido Trip
We recently made a road trip to Lira and Kotido to visit partner organizations and make preparations for a 1-year SALTer (Serve and Learn Together) volunteer who will arrive in August.
We drove our own MCC car on blacktopped roads to Lira and then were taken in a 4-wheel drive land cruiser from Lira to Kotido. The journey from Kampala to Lira took a little over 4 hours and from Lira to Kotido took about 5 1/2 hours. We took 2 days each way with an overnight in Lira. On the return trip we took a public bus from Kotido to Lira, leaving at 3 am.
In Kotido we met with two partner organizations who are involved with activities in education as well as in peace and conflict resolution. We also visited the host family for our new SALTer. In addition we visited a teacher training college and encountered students who reminded us of a similar place in Kenya where we taught for 3 years over 40 years ago!
In Lira we visited our partner organization which is involved in counseling and other support for young people who have returned after having been abducted and forced to serve in rebel armies over the last several decades. There are thousands who were victimized in that way. We visited a construction site that will provide better space for their work.
