by Megan_B | Sep 13, 2016 | Teams | Travel
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR UWP TEAM #22! TENTATIVE DATES: February 5-18, 2017 COST: $3,500 – includes airfare, visa, housing, meals, in-country transportation, travel insurance, and project programs. APPLICATION DEADLINE:October 3, 2016 WHY GO? Life-change...
by Megan_B | Jul 19, 2016 | Staff, Thoughts | Reflections
It wasn’t all that long ago that stacks of paper were piling up here in the Ugandan Water Project office. By the ream, our staff shuffled and sorted forms transported to Rochester, NY all the way from Kampala, Uganda. We piled and unpiled. We filed and un-filed. In...
by Megan_B | May 3, 2016 | Staff, Thoughts | Reflections
Nante Doroth, affectionately known as Dorothy to most of the UWP staff, works as our Office Secretary in our Ugandan office. Her faithful dedication to our organization is one we don’t take lightly, so we wanted to share a piece of her story with you. Meet...
by Megan_B | Sep 1, 2015 | Thoughts | Reflections
In international development, there is a romanticism that comes with working in the field. There’s satisfaction in waking up to a golden African sunrise, in beholding the beautiful red dirt roads of Uganda. As a part of Team #18 in May 2014, I experienced life in...
by Megan_B | Oct 8, 2013 | Teams | Travel, Thoughts | Reflections
Eternal Memory (That we might never forget) My pretentiously sheltered experience is unable to escape the wrenching reality transposed before me through the medium of their iron-clad hearts, the bitter human precipitation that has engraved its memory upon their flesh,...
