VSO Cluster Groups & Weekend Trip

The VSO arranges geographical cluster groups - the purpose of these is mainly for support for/from other volunteers. Our group consists of Mbarara, Bushenyi, and Isingiro (no one there now). The groups also do projects and are given a small amount of money from VSO or other sources to fund these. Projects have included holding workshops for teachers/teacher trainers on alternatives to corporal punishment in schools. The current project is educating the public on preventing malnutrition.

Our group has meetings every 5 or 6 weeks. This past weekend we had our meeting in Bushenyi, spent the night there, then proceeded the next morning to Kalinzu Forest Reserve for a walk through a rainforest. There are at least 4 species of monkeys there and we saw many. There were 12 people in our group and included one of our favourite couples who joined us from Fort Portal.

http://www.nfa.org.ug/

After our walk we all drove a short distance to Kingfisher Lodge for lunch. Danny and I have been there twice and we chose to spend Sunday night there in one of the lovely bandas which overlook the Rift Valley.