Community members in Choke (cho-kay) say that lack of transportation is their #1 problem. The remoteness of the community means it is either too far to walk or too expensive for other transport means. For most community members, it takes over a 3-hour roundtrip journey just to sell their goods, yet a bicycle would cut that time into a…
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Recently our Gulu staff decided that in order for us to better understand our communities, it would be a good idea to spend a day in their shoes. We decided to do just that, and set aside a day to go out to one of our communities and make the walk that they do from…
Continue reading →Improvements in primary education (between the ages of 6 and 13) address poverty and food insecurity in the long term by targeting the root problems of a lack of access to education in rural communities. Improving access to education will allow impoverished individuals to: Become informed about nutrition and health, so they are better able…
Continue reading →Now that I’ve been in Uganda for the better part of a month, I think I’m finally learning enough to explain what this place is like, in a nutshell. BAP currently operates out of a town in the North called Gulu. I’m hesitant to call it a city, because city it is not, yet…
Continue reading →The following was written by BAP volunteer Megan Doyle. Megan and her sister, Erin Doyle, visited us in Gulu this July. After three plane rides and one very bumpy road trip, Molly, Meredith, Erin, and I arrived in Gulu late Wednesday night. Thursday morning, after some strong coffee, the four of us took motorcycle taxis,…
Continue reading →In mid December, a group of seven individuals took it upon themselves to cycle across Uganda from one border of the country in the NE to the opposite side in the SW. The initiative was called Uganda Border to Border (B2B). You can check out their website here: www.ugandab2b.com and read their blogs here, which details…
Continue reading →“With it’s mouth wide open and teeth looking well sharpened, only being devoured could follow” Every member of the team was told they were crazy for attempting to bike through Uganda. To quote Teddy Roosevelt , “credit belongs to the man in the arena” So go out there – explore, get experience, get dirty. And do good….
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We had planned to spend the first few days visiting BAP headquarters and operations in Gulu. The team was excited to see their contributions at work. Its not everyday that donors and supporters get to visit on ground operations of nonprofits they support. With the exception of Kevin, no one else in the group had…
Continue reading →Following our 85 mile cruise into Mbarara, it was a tough start the next morning. I would have thought I’d have been used to the aches in my legs by this point, but it was just as tough to get going on this 5th morning. The plan was to ride 60 miles to Rushenyi…
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This post and the “Uganda B2B” blog series are from cyclists who rode across Uganda in December 2013. On Day 4, the B2B team tackled the 85 mile stretch of road between the town of Masaka to the town of Mbarara. We were all thrilled to wake up at 5:45 AM and a quick breakfast…
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