Long time to go

Hi all,

I don't plan on telling anyone about this page until just before I go so I guess most of these posts will go unread. It's hard to know what to write here, I will need to practice. Writing in a diary is easy, it doesn't matter what you say or how you spell it (dad), you're the only one who is going to read it!
So Uganda it is, i have to admit my reasons for choosing it were almost entirely selfish, better location for travelling, better climate ect But i don't feel too guilty about it, i am spending 8 months in this place so i should at least be happy with it!

I have been thinking about these projects recently. I am really excited but I need to try and get out of my western mindset of Us and Them. Us going over to help Them with our ways because They can't do it Themselves. It's a bad discourse to be in but almost impossible to get out of. I really want to learn a lot more than I can ever teach.
I am getting more and more interested in the effects of gender inequality on the AIDS crisis. I never thought i would be one of those women who got into gender issues but when I hear that these girls just don't know that saying no is an option it makes my blood boil a bit. Just lie back and think of the antiretrovirals. I hope that i can do some work on that when I am there. Building confidence and making girls aware of their rights is really important and just seeing people like my partner (whoever she will be) make positive life choices will be a start.

Ok i have babbled! Time to go.