McJJ's March Updates
Time is passing at a fast clip now, with the past few months including a great deal of travel and the heart of Shannon’s research, so we are a little behind on posting about our March. For this blog, we wanted this blog to capture not just our travels, but our life in Uganda. After 6 months of applying for approval from 2 research ethics boards and permission from the Ugandan government, Shannon was finally able to start her Photovoice research in early March. She met with the 21 Congolese refugee women who are residents of Kampala. The first meeting was on March 8, which is International Women’s Day and a public holiday here in Uganda. Shannon ordered cakes from Kabira Country Club to celebrate with the women. Noah stepped into the integral position of Project and Accounts coordinator to help with the numerous details that are challenging to organize and implement in a U.S. based context and even more so in Uganda. The list is endless, but key activities were procuring phones t