One Week In

So we've been in Kampala for about a week now. Sorry for the sparse updates, but hopefully they will become more recent, now that we've discovered a faster and nearer internet cafe!

Highlights:

We spent several hours NANDblasting and reflashing the 100 XO laptops at Rita's house. Rita is the executive director of SAFY. We also reconfigured the school server.

We had met a couple times with an electrician to come up with an estimate for re-wiring electrical cables at Kampala Primary School. They already have electricity, but not enough to support the charging of of 50 laptops at once. His estimate for materials and labor came out to 1.3 million/-, which is equivalent to about $600-700. SAFY board members voiced later at a meeting that we also attended that we were probably being vastly overcharged. White people seem to get overcharged pretty often...

So we are looking to get a second opinion and estimate soon.

Today we met with education reps from the Kampala City Council and had a very successful meeting, where we discussed how the KCC can support our project financially and in the long term. Made some important connections.

More later! Everyone's doing well and having fun, eating well :)

Victoria