Timmy’s take on Our Trip to Uganda!!
I had a GREAT time on my trip to Uganda this summer!! My Mom, Dad, Judy and I went with Change A Life Uganda to teach Chess to students at St. Lawrence School in Uganda. Uganda is a country in Africa and my family and I flew there on LONG plane ride. I missed the last day of school, which was kinda sad because I didn’t see my friends before Summer Break. I met a lot of new people and made a lot of new friends.It was a very long trip, but I was able to watch a lot of movies like the Croods and Incredibles on the plane ride over. We stopped over in London, England and took a bus tour of the city. We rode on a two-story bus riding past Buckingham Palace and Big Ben. It was chilly, so my mom and I went inside and started playing Chess on the Bus before returning to the airport and flying to Uganda.
Ev & Timmy Playing Chess on the Bus in London
I got to teach chess at a school named St. Joseph’s Primary School in Nabbingo, Uganda. They were very excited to learn a new thing like Chess and everyone was coming into the room to see what we were doing. Their teacher Mr. Morish learned how to play Chess with us and was he very excited as well. We had a nice time teaching the class how to play Chess. We drank soda and my Mom made funny pictures of some the children who weren’t playing Chess.
Judith, Timmy and Dave watch on as the students of St. Joseph’s Primary School play their first few games of Chesss – Nabbingo, Uganda
It was a lot of fun in Nabbingo at night as well. We played with some children and passed out clothes, dolls and pins that light up. The children were so happy to get these things. I also got to play with Tata’s Chickens while we where in Nabbingo. Judy and I chased and caught the chickens and were able to carry baby goats and even touch a young cow. There were a lot of cows and goats roaming around free, even a few very big pigs were just running loose at peoples homes. Sometimes they tied a log to their foot or tied them to trees if they were big.
Timmy catching Chickens at TaTa’s House in Nabbingo, Uganda.
After that we went to Migyera and taught the students at St. Lawrence Primary School how to play Chess. We had more time to play here, and the students were very excited that we were coming. They put on a Very Big show for us when we arrived and served us a big meal at the church. We taught Chess for 3 days in Migyera, but we went on Safari after the first day teaching Chess at St. Lawrence School.
Timmy & Judy play Chess against the Teachers as the Learners from St. Lawrence Primary School look on – Migyera, Uganda
I saw a lot of animals on Safari, like giraffes, elephants, hippos, baboons, antelopes, water bucks and crocodiles. We rode a boat on the Nile River to see the animals and it was a lot of fun. We spent the night and then took another safari in a van before going back to the school to teach Chess again.
Ev & the kids pointing to Uganda on the Globe at Murchison Falls, Uganda
Everyone was happy to see us come back from Safari and were excited to play Chess against us. Everyone was gathering around to watch us play Chess and we got to play basketball, hangman, tic-tac-toe and a lot of other fun things while we were there. We had a GREAT time and I hope to go back again really soon!!
Students Dribbling the Basketball at St. Lawrence School Migyera, Uganda