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  • Lost Co-Founder Climbs Back in the Window (Kampala 2010)

    Lost Co-Founder Climbs Back in the Window (Kampala 2010)

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    This is the tenth instalment of a weekly series that marks 20 years of Edirisa and 10 years of the Gorilla Highlands Initiative. Click here for Part I. It was 2010 when Miha, in his characteristic adventurous spirit, approached me with a request. He wanted us to make a video documentary on how to transform Uganda’s education, from the…

  • How Edirisa Changed My Life, and Theirs (Kitanga 2009)

    How Edirisa Changed My Life, and Theirs (Kitanga 2009)

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    This is the ninth instalment of a weekly series that marks 20 years of Edirisa and 10 years of the Gorilla Highlands Initiative. Click here for Part I. 2009 was a pivotal year for me and Edirisa UK as it was the summer that I first visited the Special Needs Education Centre (SNEC) in Kitanga…

  • SABA Episode #3 — Africa’s Secret History

    SABA Episode #3 — Africa’s Secret History

    This episode of SEE AFRICA BREATHE AFRICA might surprise those who thought we would be a podcast preoccupied with conventional travel questions. We are literally open to any question about Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo, and when a distinguished member wants to know how history is taught at schools, we go full blast! But the…

  • Thank You, Thank You, Thank You (Bunyonyi & Kabale 2008)

    Thank You, Thank You, Thank You (Bunyonyi & Kabale 2008)

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    This is the eighth instalment of a weekly series that marks 20 years of Edirisa and 10 years of the Gorilla Highlands Initiative. Click here for Part I. My Edirisa story begins with Learn From Africa (see Danger Dave’s story about 2006), the volunteer orientation that brought interesting visitors to my village. I would call…

  • Miles of Smiles (Bunyonyi & Kabale 2007)

    Miles of Smiles (Bunyonyi & Kabale 2007)

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    This is the seventh instalment of a weekly series that marks 20 years of Edirisa and 10 years of the Gorilla Highlands Experts. Click here for Part I. Year 2007 was that breakpoint year for me, when I decided that the Western world just doesn’t have that much to offer to better my state of…

  • Risky Adventures & Learning From Africa (Bunyonyi 2006)

    Risky Adventures & Learning From Africa (Bunyonyi 2006)

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    This is the sixth instalment of a weekly series that marks 20 years of Edirisa and 10 years of the Gorilla Highlands Initiative. Click here for Part I. Imagine losing everything, your memories, your souvenirs, your little life fragments of ten years … It was 2012 and I was packing up to leave Sydney for…

  • Lake From the Lake (Bunyonyi 2005)

    Lake From the Lake (Bunyonyi 2005)

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    This is the fifth instalment of a weekly series that marks 20 years of Edirisa and 10 years of the Gorilla Highlands Initiative. Click here for Part I. Hello, all you wonderful humans! For those of you who do not know or remember me, I am the absolutely lovely daughter of one Miha Logar and…

  • New Era — Double So (Kabale 2004)

    New Era — Double So (Kabale 2004)

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    This is the fourth instalment of a weekly series that marks 20 years of Edirisa and 10 years of the Gorilla Highlands Initiative. Click here for Part I. The year was 2004 and a completely new era was underway, not only in terms of Edirisa’s adventures but for me personally, for it became clear that…

  • First Volunteers & Pet Pests (Lake Bunyonyi 2003)

    First Volunteers & Pet Pests (Lake Bunyonyi 2003)

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    This is the third instalment of a weekly series that marks 20 years of Edirisa and 10 years of the Gorilla Highlands Initiative. Click here for Part I. Are we really going to Uganda for 12 months?! It did look like that … Return tickets for exactly one year were bought, Lariams were in our…

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