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The day-to-day schedule has not been set yet for this trip, but here are some components that will be part of the trip: Visit the BeadforLife office, get an orientation to the projects, meet the staff, and help with a bead sale (this is when the women come to the BFL office to sell their jewelry. There is a lot of time to just hang out and interact with the beaders during the sale)
Visit people in their homes in a "slum" neighborhood to get a sense of the living conditions of many people in the world.
Visit the BeadforLife village in Mukono to see how life can change for people when they own their own home and have a little plot of land to grow their own food. This is an amazing opportunity, after the slum visit, to get a sense of "before and after" when people suddenly have access to some resources. Tour the AIDS clinic at the Infectious Disease Institute in Kampala and have a panel discussion with people living with HIV and health workers assisting people with HIV.
Safari in Murchison Falls National Park and visit to conservation project. I try to expand the safari experience with a visit to a conservation project and a discussion with the Warden for Community Conservation. My goal is to help people make the connection between conservation and poverty. When I went over there the first time to do my fieldwork for my Masters, I was a pretty idealistic person thinking we have to save the animals and landscapes no matter what. Then the first time I sat looking at a villager who was trying to feed his six kids after an elephant destroyed his crops, my eyes were opened to the complexities of the issues.
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