Angela and I had an informative day in Kampala. I went to a meeting with another shipping company (not FedEx), to find help on the solar panel crates. My meeting went very well- the customs agent was very clear with me and very helpful, and promised to immediately head to the airport to start dealing with the issue. She later got back to me and told me that we can use their company's TIN- the first piece to get these crates through customs. I am increasingly hopeful that this company will be able to get the solar panels through quickly. The rest of the team back at MIT is also hard at work, getting documents together to get the panels through customs.
Today we also went to the grocery store to stock up on food for the village. I had just about run out of chocolate, so I grabbed a ton of chocolate bars and a tub of peanut butter, while Angela got some fruit punch mix to make water less boring, and some instant coffee for poor tired Bryan. It was an odd group of grocery's, but hopefully it will hold us over while we (hopefully) spend the next week or 2 at Ddegeya without coming back to Kampala.
I can't speak for the team back in Ddegeya about their activities or progress. We spoke breifly today, but as airtime seems to run out quite quickly here, we couldn't talk for long. Hopefully when we head back tomorrow, we will find some good progress at the clinic. I'm looking forward to being back in the village and seeing the beautiful stars again!
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Have you tried the local homemade peanut butter (not the smooth, Western one)? Oddly enough, that coarse, sandy feel is something I missed a lot about Ddegeya.
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