Nkoko, Nkoko ... Mbuzi

Greetings from Uganda. Michael and I arrived on Friday morning, and we spent Saturday at the Child Life Center in Kabalagala. At 3:00 on the dot, a few dozen children showed up, all smiles. No doubt they had been looking forward to this all day. Michael led them in the first activity of the day--a game that is as American as apple pie but unkown of here: Duck, Duck ... Goose, except to make it setting-appropriate we used the Ugandan words for chicken and goat, nkoko and mbuzi. The game was a big hit. About 7 of them at a time sat in a circle at the center of the courtyard to play, while the others sat and watched, screaming and laughing. They thought it was fun to tap Michael as the goat, until he slipped and fell and got a pretty nasty strawberry on his knee. I'm not sure if the game taught them any life lessons, but I'm sure the sound of laughter was audible all across the city of Kampala. --Carrie