My Plan

I will be leaving for Kampala, Uganda on June 18, 2002 for six months. I will be working for a non-government, nonprofit organization called SchoolNet Uganda. My job description will have me spending roughly two weeks at a time in a given school where I will be involved in setting up an Intranet system and web servers and then teaching the local IT Coordinator how to use the systems I have set up. This will be the experience of a lifetime and one that I am ready to embrace. Since I will be working with a new school every two weeks this position will give me the opportunity to travel throughout Uganda and see it from both the urban and rural aspect.

As well as traveling within Uganda I am planning to visit the game reserves in Nairobi, Kenya which is just East of Uganda. These reserves have a much more diverse selection of Animals than Uganda. I am also planning to travel to Tanzania and spend some time on the island of Zanzibar, and possible climb Mt Kilimanjaro. I have other plans of travel such as Egypt, the coast of Kenya, and many other places, but ultimately I want to explore Uganda fully before I get caught up with other countries.

After my placement I plan on spending a couple of months in Europe where I will visit with relatives in Germany. I also plan on backpacking throughout Europe during this time, but have no specific destinations in mind yet. Since I will be in Europe for the months of January and February I will most likely spend my time in some of the southerner countries! ;)

Upon arrival back to Canada I am still undecided on what I want to do. I have been kicking around the ideas of finding a new job, going back to school, or doing more volunteer work. As for now it is better left open.