So Gulu.
Over the long term break (basically December - January) I helped out at a high school girls' engineering camp in Gulu! This camp is sponsored by an American organization which has been coming to Uganda for a while. I was invited by one of my RPCV friends who was coming back to UG just to do this camp for two weeks. The first week focused on water filtration and purification, and the second week focused on solar cookers. I was working with two other women, Aarthi and Erin, who work in the STEM field, which was wonderful and empowering for the girls we were working with. We also had help from two male Ugandan teachers, Chris and Kennedy.
The beginnings of class.
After some introductory lessons, we asked the girls to build towers which had to meet certain requirements. Their materials were index cards, tape, and binder clips.
Cost calculations for water filters.
Clay balls to remove bad smells and color.
Erin and Aarthi work on their filter!
Filter made by yours truly and my fellow PCV Jay.
Indian dinner night!
The teams line up for judging day. The judges taste their water and grade them on it.
The time keeper!
Presentations!
For solar cookers, we first took the temperature of the water in the shade to get our baseline.
More presentations!
Our girls spoke about their projects in front of the other camp participants, (there were robotics classes, and a group of blind students who did presentations) as well as in front of their families.
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