On Friday, Judy and I began training 2 paravets in Kitooha. We arrived at 9:30 eager to start the day, but little did we know that the catholic prayers were being held in the church. We waited and waited and finally at 12:30!!! the prayers had finished. The turnout was good. About 25-30 attended. We taught about basic goat husbandry and identification of diseases. We will continue our trainings on Monday, talking about specific goat diseases and then we will hold a practical session on Tuesday. Overall the teaching went very well with a few hitches. There was a mentally disturbed young man who insisted on attending the trainings. He would intermittently stand up and rant in some language that no one could understand. We would wait patiently, then he would finally sit down and be quiet. Then there was this other man who would continually ask irrelevant questions. For example, after we were talking about basic diseases in goats he asked "why do you only work with goats? why dont you give people money for school fees?" Weird. I directed those questions to Francis, the coordinator for FOAC. Other than that, things went well, and I am excited to continue the trainings next week.
Kitooha, the parish of many hills. This is where I got my Bachiga name, Kyakobale Lillian:
The church where we held our training:
The primary school across from the church:
Me teaching with Sajja, a recently graduated veterinary doctor and helpful interpreter:
The church where we held our training:
The primary school across from the church:
Me teaching with Sajja, a recently graduated veterinary doctor and helpful interpreter:
The class:
Two boys who were fascinated with the camera:
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