Meeting with the Busano Community Initiative

Today's program included a visit to the village where Jude and Caesar live. There we also met Brenda and Alexander, who are also part of the board. Caesar's family lives in Nawanyago. From the main road, it was about 2km along an unpaved road. The small stone houses are arranged in such a way that there is a small courtyard. One room is the office of the BCI and opposite is a room where two open fire pits were already cooking for us. After a short introduction round, Jude led us around the village a bit. Along the way, bananas, coffee, cassava, corn, and also matoke were growing. The corn did not grow well due to the dryness of the last few months. Then we visited an elderly couple who also take care of two orphaned children from the community and feed them. They had also helped Jude when he was young and provided him land to farm. The man was pleased with our visit and considered it a blessing to receive such a visit. We then greeted the direct neighbors of a Muslim family. Here, the coexistence of different religions seems to work well and appears to cause few problems.

We were then called to eat, and there was a delicious feast of matoke, rice, fried rice, chicken, beef, avocado, and spinach. It tasted really good. The portions were extremely generous. As the chairman, I was reserved a part of the chicken, which they couldn't explain exactly what it was. However, it became clear that if I didn't eat it, the whole meal would be spoiled. But it tasted good. Only the consistency around the meat was a bit tough for my palate.

We brought a shirt with both of our embroidered logos for all our friends at the BCI. They were well received and immediately tried them on. 

We were again able to bring joy to the children with small balls and bouncy balls. After we stored our donations in the office, we drove to the land purchased through our fundraising, where the school is to be rebuilt. It went off the side road, and the path became narrower. The branches of the trees were already tapping against the bus windows. The land is long and slopes slightly upwards. A few trees are on it, and there has already been an attempt to plant something there. Here too, the corn has not really grown due to the drought.
As always, there were many questions and discussions afterwards. Now we enjoy the end of the day after an evening walk.