babu

Jenny and I have decided that we are in love with Babu. We call it the Oasis of Uganda. Generally no one goes to Babu. It's a small village right off of Walukuba. you take a right on the road to Danida at the big church. go about 200 or 300 feet and you're there. They say you know you're in Babu when the dirt turns black from the charcoal. When you walk the ground puffs up black soot. needless to say, you always come back dirty.

So the reason we love Babu so much is because, not only is it a small and simple village, but it's so lush and full of so many animals. There are also little porch areas of shade in the front yards - something you don't find in the other villages. Theres lots of water and lots of plants.No where else do you see ducks and little piggies. Theres a lot of water and little streams, which make it extra green. There are always a million ducks and chickens everywhere. The pink cocoas are from Babu - they're Boscos.

There is such bad water sanitation in Babu though, because the same water they drink is the same water the ducks and chickens and pigs are pooping in and peeing in. Not to mention a lot of them have toilet holes over streams. A lot of times, they try to not use the same water but use large areas of standing water, which is not much better. Sure it doesn't have duck poo in it, but it's also a breading ground for things like typhoid and malaria filled mosquitos.

Babu is also known as a more poor section of outside Jinja. A lot of children don't go to school in Babu. A lot of poorer villages have black soot on the ground, which, as far as I can figure out is because people with less money use smaller pieces of charcoal and have lower grades of waste management overall.

we love babu.



typical cooking area.




this is baby kenneth! he's the son of a Suubi woman named Bosco. I cared for him while Jenny was teaching Bosco a new necklace design. I even let him susu on me.





kids of babu! the one on the left is Joel, one of Edith's children, I don't know who the middle one is, but the one on the right is one of Bosco's kids, brother to baby kenneth!