Life in the Pearl of Africa: I've been in Africa for over a year, so it's about time I go on a safari!

So things have been pretty busy the past month or so. At the end of August, I was a counselor at Peace Camp in northern Uganda, a camp organized by other PCVs for youth affected by the war. I'll post more details on that later.

I also spent several says back in Wakiso to help run some sessions at pre-service training for the new group of 46 health and economic development volunteers. I taught them about the (flawed) health management information systems used in health centers in the country and about malaria, including all the fun we had at World Malaria!

We also had a Peace Corps Uganda all-volunteer conference, where (almost) all of the PCVs in the country get together to talk about project ideas and what's going well at everyone's site.

Here we are! The fabulous Peace Corps Uganda group!

After the conference, 4 other PCVs and I went on a wonderful Kenyan adventure! We went to the Masai Mara and went on the most amazing safari ever. We saw over 50 lions, 4 cheetahs, a leopard, and countless giraffes, elephants, zebras, and wildebeest. We were there for the annual wildebeest migration, the largest migration in the world. We got to see them crossing the river, and even got to see a crocodile attack a wildebeest and a zebra! All animals pictures our courtesy of my wonderful photographer/friend Britt Larson!