Books from Belgium

There are hardly any books here, including text books. The only source of learning most students have are the notes they copy down at school.

In response to this, we started a humble library. We put out about fifteen books and magazines we had on a table and a hand-written note saying that anyone is welcome to read or borrow a book.

Thus started the first library in the area.

And this week, we received over forty books from friends in Belgium. The collection contains books related to computers, dictionaries, educational and story books for all age groups and magazines.

A very special thank you to Peter for sending the books. Peter has been there to encourage us and ask critical questions, even when SDV was little more than a figment of our imagination.

A big thank you to Astrid and Jo, for carrying the books from Belgium to Uganda. We hope your research trip here will be a great success and we are sure you'll enjoy your stay in Uganda.

Thank you also to Charles and Moses for picking up the books at the Entebbe airport after midnight (thanks to a delayed flight) and for Peter for dropping the books at the Brussels airport at seven in the morning!