On the way home from a meeting, we were picking up some staff finishing a training . To pass the time, I played goalie while kids took turns taking shots at me. The guy who took this photo said “Look at Grandpa playing with the kids.”
Explaining that VHF is line of sight, unless there is a repeater tower in between. And he taught this sideways.
A representative from the UN had a training in the use of hand-held radios. He explained that about 15 years ago, with fewer cell towers, CARE would always carry these radios. These days, however, you often lose the network up north in the settlements, so there is going to be a new gradual roll-out of radios. Typical uses are in vehicle accidents, or other emergencies, and to communicate between short areas within the settlements. We learned about the difference between VHF and HF frequencies. UN Vehicles have both types and its own dedicated channel. I learned the distance to the horizon is 8 km (almost 5 miles). They passed around ten radios and we practiced using them. CARE’s chosen identifier in the settlements is “Whiskey Charlie” which was chosen for West Nile, CARE. But of course there was some mirth as I practiced with it: “Whiskey Charlie 1, this is Whiskey Charlie 3, and it’s Charley”. Now a few people call me Whiskey Charlie. Its getting old.
The tourniquets in the First Aid kits are a hard to describe, but they are pretty nifty. The word “Time” is on there to remind you to note the time, as a tourniquet shouldn’t be on for more than 3 hours.
I also participated in some first aid training, learning mainly how to stop bleeding, including use of a tourniquet, and giving CPR.
There are some crazy things that happen here. Last week in Yumbe, a town near the border in which CARE has an office, Uganda Government officials were seizing motorcycles which had been illegally smuggled over the border. Somehow a Boda Boda driver was hit and killed by a government vehicle. Soon the boda drivers were rioting and burned a vehicle.
Rioting boda drivers burn a vehicle
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My Arua supervisor Julias recently attended some training with other leaders near Nairobi. It required him to sleep in barracks on a single bed which is kind of hard on a big guy. He had hostage training, which I was curious about. Some of the main points: Stay as calm as possible, no sudden movements, be compliant, and always let them see your hands. Keep repeating that you are humanitarian aid workers. Prepare yourself mentally for the idea you might be taken away for a while. Have a grab bag with your medications.
We speculated about how Trump would handle American hostage situations. It has always been American policy not to pay ransoms. Then I asked Julias about strategies if abducted by ISIS or other radical Islamic outfit. They allegedly separate “true believers” of Islam from others. They might quiz people claiming to be Muslims about their knowledge of the Koran. (I have no idea about the reality of this scenario) Julias, who is a Christian, showed off a great deal of knowledge about Muslim doctrine and could speak some important Koranic verses in Arabic. I asked, “So If you were abducted, would you try to pass yourself off as a Muslim, or stay with the Christian group?” Julias replied, with a hearty laugh, “Well, you know, even Peter disowned Jesus!”
This guy was under my table during lunch the other day.
On Good Friday we were stopped four times on the way to the settlement by community processions.
A good turnout for a community parliament to discuss the prevention of Gender Based Violence
Then rains blew in from the side