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Here are a few images from my first site in Uganda, I had three total.
I was the first American volunteer to live in Mufufu Village in a remote, mountainous region just West of the Kenyan border. If one were to visit me they could catch a regional bus from Kampala to Mbale City, a 5-6 hour journey. Once in Mbale City they would transfer to a locally-run mini bus, called a taxi in Uganda, that goes to Bududa. Get off at the Buweswa junction, the last stop before Bududa. This can be a two hour ride, maybe more, maybe less. From the Buweswa junction you would walk a mile uphill to my house in Mufufu.
Butcher in Bududa, he made the best soup and chapati … hands down.
Image from my front window
A bag of matoke from a neighbor
Kadodi Parade outside my house
Since I enjoy cooking, I walked to Bududa, the nearest town, several times a week for fresh vegetables. Funny thing was that I couldn’t purchase coffee beans in my village or Bududa, even though I was surrounded by coffee gardens.
Women refinishing their homes with mud and cow dung mixture
Chipati and Rolex guy in Buweswa, the junction on the way to my village of Mufufu
I lived in Mufufu Village from October 2024 to January 2025
I had such a unique opportunity to live with the coffee farmers in this remote, mountainous region. Key memories include:
men and women dancing after they came home from the fields at night
the immense field of matoke on market day in Bududa
bodab bodas going up and down the mountains day and night
the incessant rain
I enjoy talking about my time there, give me a shout if you have any questions.