Uganda Be Kidding Me: African Water Safety Outreach Part I
Many people have asked about the whole story from my volunteer water safety outreach trip to Uganda.
When Mom Doesn’t Know How to Swim
She told me it was embarrassing and that she hadn’t thought about that moment in a long time. And that somehow it felt good to tell me about it. I told her it was okay and that a lot of people feel the same way.
Janet, 53, "Serendipity!"
The fact that Janet and I were able to meet was nothing short of serendipitous.
Ifeanyi, 32, "Water intimidates me"
It's one of the last adjectives I would use when describing water: intimidating. But this is how Ifeanyi (Ife) felt about it and I was ready to change her perception.
Nhu, 20, "First time in a pool!"
I met Nhu three years ago in my ESL (English as a Second Language) classroom at Hoover High School. She had just moved to the U.S. with her family from Vietnam. Right away, we connected when we found out we shared the same birthday. Nhu's written English was incredible- her grammar was perfect :) But she didn't speak the language or understand me at all.