This last week I have slowly been getting to wrap up the project. People from UIRI have visited Katete to inspect the plant, Fred has come from Katete to UIRI to get to know the most important people, and the agreements have been made for further collaboration. The foundations have been laid for the School [...]
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Recent blogposts from Uganda
Farewell Uganda
• Posted by Bernd Isenberg on February 20th, 2012Six months have gone by since I set foot on Ugandan soil for the first time. It is not easy to put these six months into words; do justice to everything and everyone that has been important to me and the project; and not sound too cheesy or cliché when saying that I will miss [...]
Yoba goes to School!
• Posted by Chris Broekman on February 10th, 2012Dear loyal readers,
Today we had our first large-scale distribution of Yoba yoghurt! As you may have read in Bernd’s last post, after weeks of struggling in the lab to get our beloved Yoba taste back we were finally able to produce the healthy drink again. This meant quick action had to be taken in order [...]
Jean’s smile
• Posted by Bernd Isenberg on February 7th, 2012Hello readers,
Today I just want to share a happy moment for Yoba with you. For the past few weeks, Chris and me have been busy in the laboratory trying to produce frozen starter. This frozen starter is produced by inoculating the bacteria in milk, letting them ferment for approx. 9 hours and finally freezing the [...]
Gulu and a perfect start of the year
• Posted by Bernd Isenberg on January 23rd, 2012A good afternoon to all of you,
A month has gone by since my last update, so there is a lot to tell. As Chris described in his last blog, we spent Christmas on a remote island in Lake Victoria. After celebrating New Years Eve on a festival in Kampala, Ralf (a friend who is currently [...]
Yoba 2012
• Posted by Chris Broekman on January 12th, 2012Dear all,
I would like to start this blog with the cliché “Happy 2012!!” for all our followers. Thank you for taking interest in our project
We have been taking some time off to celebrate the holidays, spending Christmas on a fantastic island in Lake Victoria. Nothing to do all day except sleeping, eating, swimming [...]
Merry Christmas!!!
• Posted by Bernd Isenberg on December 23rd, 2011Hello everyone,
It is time for my last blog of the year, as Yoba will go on holidays for the next two weeks. Today was my last day at the Ugandan Industrial Research Institute (UIRI), where I was working together with our Ugandan colleagues in a very relaxed and enthusiastic atmosphere. Typical for Ugandan planning and [...]
Puberty
• Posted by Bernd Isenberg on December 12th, 2011Hi Yoba fans,
After a somewhat extended silence it is time for an update from my side. The last weeks in Uganda have been, well, surprisingly normal. Living in Uganda for more than 3 months now, we have become so used to the life here that it becomes increasingly hard to imagine life back at home. [...]
Half way there
• Posted by Chris Broekman on December 1st, 2011Dear readers,
It is the first day of December (although the weather would not suggest it) and I am officially half way my stay here. However cliché it may sound, it feels like time has flown by. I am happy not to be leaving quite yet, and feel good about the point we have reached. Surely [...]
Life as it should be…
• Posted by Bernd Isenberg on November 15th, 2011Hello my faithful readers,
I fear I will have to start this blog in the way that I begin most emails: Sorry for not writing for so long, but life is really overtaking me at the moment!
Almost two weeks ago, Chris and me were confronted with an unpleasant choice. Since our visas were about to expire, [...]