The Ndere Centre is known as the Home of Cultures and has ‘cultural nites’ throughout the week, which made it the right place to close the week. Bringing the week to a close, it seemed appropriate to spend our last night enjoying the traditional music and dance of Uganda. The Ndere Centre is known as […]
In 2009 Brass for Africa placed brass instruments into the home and helped initiate a music program for the children. The charity funds twice-weekly brass band lessons uniting everyone through the sound of music. Towards the end of the week we were offered the chance to visit a different charity – Brass for Africa, which […]
The Bethlehem Orphanage is the sister home of the Good Shepherd,they care for over 300 homeless people, orphans and street kids and are run by the Missionaries of the Poor. The Bethlehem Orphanage is the sister home of the Good Shepherd, which we visited earlier on in the day. Between the two homes, they care […]
As Uganda is a religiously diverse nation, with Christianity and Islam being the most widely professed. It seemed appropriate to participate in something that is so wide spread throughout the country. To bring us to the end of the week, we chose to spend the last day engrossed Ugandan music and culture. To start it […]
There is a strong city atmosphere to Kampala, which makes a change from what we have experienced the other days of the week. Kampala is built around seven hills not far from the shores of Lake Victoria and is the capital of Uganda. Although it is built up of many buildings and roads, there is […]
The Namuwongo slum is the poorest and the second largest slum area in Kampala and is known to have at least 15,000 residents, some estimate that it can be as high as 30,000 at times. The second part of the GSM team was made up of four of us, which we were taken to see […]
Today was a sampling day, four of our audio engineers/producers and one of our photographers travelled to Albert Ssempeke’s house. To get the most out of our time in Uganda, the GSM team were split into two; this was partially due to space allowance in the musician’s house. As this was a sampling day, four […]
The day was planned around sampling the environmental sounds of the Nile, with this in mind we travelled to the Nile Discovery Resort Beach. Located at the edge of the Nile. Throughout our stay at the Jinja Nile Resort, we were teased by the views of the Nile and decided to get a closer look. […]
Our first taste of Ugandan culture and music was found in the community of Nakibembe. A small village located 52km outside of Jinja. Our first taste of Ugandan culture and music was found in the community of Nakibembe. A small village located 52km outside of Jinja. Unlike the built up areas of Kampala, most of […]
The Jinja Nile Resort rests on the banks of the Nile and is situated 80km outside of Kampala and 4km away from Jinja town. Beginning our days in Jinja, we travelled from Kampala to our hotel. The Jinja Nile Resort rests on the banks of the Nile and is situated 80km outside of Kampala and […]
