After a few days of taking it easy in Kampala, we're finally heading east to Kapchorwa. Sam and I have been staying a hostel with a few other SIT friends, finalizing our internship plans for the next month and half. Kapchorwa is a rural district on the border of Uganda and Kenya. We'll be staying at a hostel/camp site in the mountains. We're so excited to get out of the city smog for a while!
This next part will be slightly nerdy, so feel free to skip this paragraph. For the next 6 weeks, I will be interning with an organization called KACOFA, Kapchorwa Commercial Farmer's Association. Essentially, what they do is buy and store local farmers' grains, barley, maize and coffee and resell it in mass amounts to various wholesalers. They're a fairly new enterprise, so I am interested in exploring the challenges they face in the three-way relationship between the farmer, the bank and KACOFA. Also, I'd like to see where the room for growth is and how KACOFA can be used as a model for future agri-type grassroots development efforts. At the end of the practicum, I will write a paper on my experience and findings.
My internet will not be as reliable in the next couple of weeks, but I will try to update as often as possible.
Siiba bulungi! (Have a nice day!)
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