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