From May 2014 until June 2015 I lived in Kampala, Uganda. I worked for the Clinton Health Access Initiative, a public health NGO. I was responsible for procurement, distribution and logistics of antiretrovirals, essential medicines and diagnostic material. Here you can find the posts from the blog I kept during that period.
A girl has got to eat
As some of you might know, I like food. I like cooking, eating, hell even doing groceries. More than one person has commented on the fact that I always seem… Lees…
‘Cause this is Africa
Getting the facts straight According to Wikipedia, Africa is the second-most largest and second-most populous continent. With 1.1 billion people, it holds about 15% of the world’s human population. There… Lees…
Saving lives, one pill at a time
In my first week working for CHAI I attended the annual conference bringing together all CHAI Access teams. We watched a documentary on tuberculosis (TB), following three patients. Besides the… Lees…
Are we together?
You were lost… ‘You were lost, long time, welcome back’. Ugandans have multiple ways of greeting you after you have been away for sometimes not more than a day. After… Lees…
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
I pass the Dutch embassy every Monday when driving home from my weekly meeting at the Central Public Health Lab. Whenever I go out for a run, I run past… Lees…
Danger, danger: Ebola
Last week I went on holiday in my own country. While enjoying the ever wonderful company of my friends and family I realised that living in the Netherlands is most… Lees…
Ain’t no mountain high enough
Kampala occupies a series of hills at an elevation of about 1,190 metres. This is quite a change from the Netherlands, where 26% of its area is located below sea… Lees…
Let’s talk transport
Purchasing a new best friend In 2013, 419.577 new cars were registered in the Netherlands, of which 6,86% were Toyotas. In the same year in Uganda, 2.465 new vehicles were… Lees…
Same same, but different
I write this, sitting out on the patio of my (temporary) apartment, enjoying the comfortable Kampala climate (not too hot, never too cold, perfect combination of the warming sun and… Lees…
Expectations
Spending one year living and working in Kampala, Uganda. When I first started thinking about this in February, I had absolutely no idea what to expect. To be honest, I… Lees…