Seasons

Uganda has two seasons, the wet season and the dry season. We are now in the dry season which means HOT weather, minimal rain and water conservation. In the past, the property has had a problem with a shortage of water and so, this year, someone donated enough money to put in an ingenious water system.





When I tell people that, in Canada, we have four seasons they are shocked. When I tell them we only have one growing season, they are even more amazed. How do we survive? they ask. Here, they have two growing seasons and so, as students are finishing college courses, they are heading home to work. I met a man, David, as I was walking through the trails yesterday who was home and working at, as Geoffery humorously puts it, crop betrothment. He was tilling the field so his mother and grandmother could pick food to eat in the next months. It is difficult seeing someone like David who works so hard and is still struggling for money for school. I come across this situation almost every day. It also makes me think of a post a few weeks ago where I asked, “How important is higher education in a society where there is extremely high unemployment?” Even if David graduates from college there is no guarantee he will get a job.