Kiva: Uganda

This is a map of Brendah's town. First I flew to Entebbe national airport in Uganda then I drove to Mukono. It took me about an hour to drive to Mukono, so it wasn't too bad.

Kiva: my week with Brendah

Day 1:

When I got out of the hour long car ride the first thing I noticed was a tall woman she introduced herself as Brendah, she spoke broken english. She showed me her store, it was small and the paint was peeling but it was very cute. She sold baking stuff like eggs and sugar on small tables and had homemade signs with word I could not read.

 

After that she showed me my bed, a old medal bed with a single blanket. "Thank you" I told her. 

Day 2: 

When we woke up she showed me how to run the store. When a customer bought something I would have to give them change, she she taught me what change each customer needed. Also she taught me where everything was, the spices, the flour and the salts. By the end of the day I could run the shop like any other employee. 

Day 3: 

In the morning she showed me the other stores of  people and introduced me to the store owners. None of them were kiva people but all very nice. She introduced me to about 10 store owners. Some that stood out were a woman's fruit stand that sold amazing tropical fruit and fruit juice. Another was a man's farm. Last was a woman's ice cream shop. For dinner the last shop she showed me sold dinner, fish and chips.  

Day 4: On the fourth day we went to the grocery store for more stuff for her store, she mostly needed the stuff that it said on her kiva page, milk, eggs sugar and flour. It was so cool knowing that the money she was spending was the money I funded her through kiva. For lunch we had more fish and chips and then we took the stuff back to the store and sold stuff 

Day 5: On my last day we got up early to watch the sunset and then I had to leave she said "maybe one day you will open your own shop" in broken english "just remember what I taught you" I just smiled and waved bye, because one day I may open up my own shop. 

Kiva:Meet Brendah

This is Brendah. She is an 18 year old who wants a loan for her food store. I supported her because she is young and so that she can buy sugar milk and eggs and I like sugar.

Kiva: Language and currency

• Hi – Ki Kati
• Good morning (literally, How was your night?) – Wasuze otya?
• Good afternoon or Good evening (literally, How was your day?) – Osiibye otya?
• How are you? – Oli Otya
• I am ok – Gyendi
• My name is… – Nze…
• Goodbye (to one person) – Weeraba
• Goodbye (to more than one person) – Mweraba
• Please – Mwattu
• Thank you – Weebale
• Sir – Ssebo
• Madam - Nnyabo
• Excuse me (to get someone’s attention) – Owange
• Ok – Kale
• No thanks – Nedda
• I don’t know – Simanyi
• How much money is it? – Ssente mmekka?
• Do you speak English? – Omanyi luzungu?
• I understand – Ntegeera
• I do not understand – Sitegeera
• I want – Njagala 

5 US Dollar equals

12550.00 Ugandan Shilling 

10 US Dollar equals

25100.00 Ugandan Shilling 

20 US Dollar equals

50200.00 Ugandan Shilling 

100 US Dollar equals

251000.00 Ugandan Shilling 

Wadjda: Saudi Arabia

Wadjda: My Visit With Wadjda

Day 1

I stepped off of the plane and got ambushed with extreme heat and dry sand. I walked up to Wadjda and introduced myself and she showed me around her house. It was small, but very cute, next she showed me her kitchen. After that we had dinner on the floor, rice, nan, spicy sauce and smoothies to stop the extreme spiciness of the sauce. My bed was a small cot in the corner.

Day 2

In the morning we had oatmeal and then we went off to school. The school was a small and worn out building where all of the girls wore black scarfs. After school we went back to her house where we did homework and after that we had dinner and went to bed.

Day 3

We woke up early, 6:00 and we went down to the little shops lining the street. After that she introduced me to some of her friends. Next we went straight to school. On the way back we walked home with Abdula.

Day 4

When morning came we rode our bikes all around her town. We saw buildings being built, store owners selling and boys biking too, but no girls. Some people looked a little surprised that two girls were riding bikes, but we didn't care.

Day 5

On my last day there I packed my bags and left on the big airplane. On the way back to California I thought back on the trip and how much I loved it but I was glad to be going back home now.

Wadjda: The Film

This is the film Wadjda. It's about a little girl in Saudi Arabia who wants a bike, but in Saudi Arabia bikes are only for boys.

Wadjda: language and currency

1.00 SAR = 0.266621 USD

5.00 USD = 18.7518 SAR

10.00 USD

=

37.5035 SAR

50.00 USD

=

187.517 SAR

75.0070 SAR = 20.00 USD 100.00 USD = 375.035 SAR

Today	Il-yawm
Tomorrow	Bu-kra	Water	Mo-ya
Well (good)	Tay-yib, Bi-khair	When?	Ma-ta?
Where is ..?	Ein-a/fain../wain	Yesterday	Ams/ al Ba-ri-ha

Do you speak English

Tatakallum Ingleezi?

yes                                                Na’am/ai-wa  no                                                  La  Please Mini fad-lak Thank you Shu-kran

Mobilize me: My week with Royce

Day 1) "Wow" I thought, I had just arrived and I had never been anywhere like this before. It was barren, except for the trees that were there were on the horizon and a few small huts nearby. I wanted to see everything there was to be seen but it was already late so she showed me my bed, a blanket on the ground. 

 Day 2)  She showed me the markets and introduced me to some of her friends and then we had lunch, a bowl of this oatmealy stuff. The food there was so different from what we eat. After lunch we played soccer with the village kids and an old semi-deflated ball. The kids beat us so badly but it was super fun. 

Day 3)  We went off to the market were there was a lot of small cute shops. I was surprised with how many people Royce knew. After lunch Royce had to go treat some patients, she had 5 patients and she rode her bike to all of their houses or hospitals. 

Day 4) When we woke up she had some early-in-the-morning patients and after that we went to meet her friends. A lot of them did not have bikes, but most of them had stores. 

Day 5) On my last day she visited one patient and them I packed up my stuff, said good bye and left.

Mobilize me: the film

  

Royce is a caretaker in Zambia. Before owning a bicycle, Royce would walk 7km a day to visit her four patients. Now, she can visit 18 patients in a single day.

Mobilize Me: Zambia Language & Currency

“How is your day going?” = Mwatandala shani? or “Mwabomba shani?” 
“I love you” can be translated as “Nalikutemwa (singular) / Nalimutemwa (plural)“ 

• Father = Tata
• Mother = Mayo 
• “Welcome to Zambia!”  = “Mwaiseni ku Zambia! 
• “You are welcome” = Awe, cilifye, mukwai (“No, It’s ok”)
• “He is sick” = Mûlwele (s), Bâlwele (pl.)

• No	Awe/ ala/ iyô

  How are you?

  Mulishani?

  What is your name?	Ishina lyenu nimwe bani?
  My name is	Ishina lyandi nine

  Goodbye (I'm going)

  Naya

    
• $1 =  5.50500 ZMW 
• $5 = 27.5250 ZMW 



A Zimbabwe 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 1 

• $10 = 55.0500 ZMW 
• $20 = 110.100 ZMW 
• $100 = 550.500 ZMW   

Mobilize Me: Chibombo District, Zambia

  Royce lives in Chibombo District, Zambia, it's dry with very little trees there.

Mobilize Me: The Film

This is the film Mobilize Me. I was so amazed by this film that I decided to go to Zambia and spend a week there with Royce.  

 These are the kids where I went in Uganda  playing a traditional game of the bunny hop.

This is Johann playing caterpillar with some of the kids.















This is some of the younger kids playing soccer with me.

right to play: Uganda

This is a map of Uganda where I went with Johann.

Right To Play: The Film

This is the trailer from the film, Right To Play.  

Right to play map

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