The last days I was travelling to Uganda during a fact finding mission for an international organization I am also working for. My goal was to understand the daily problems and needs of the people. Although I prepared myself as good as possible for this mission reality hit me quite unexpected. My core business is to create road safety, to prevent people of getting killed on roads.
But how to implement road safety habits when people simply try to survive to see sunrise the next morning? Living in Uganda is different - more than i thought.
But at the end of the game, somebode has to start also with those issues.
The people are very friendly, and the landscape is impressing - although my time was restricted and my possibilities to see more of this beautiful country were poor.
I met a lot of interesting organizations and people with high commitment to their jobs and business.
Prussy and Paul supporting me by organizing a lot of meetings and developing a tight schedule to attend all meetings. I was hoping to spend some days off after my Trip to Uganda - but of course now a lot of work has to be done. Directly after my Ironman race on July the fifth it is necessary to ride 450km to the Airport - during nighttime - to get my plane to Tanzania.
A big African conference is held there, and i was chosen to attend it. I am really not very happy, because I dont know how my body will feel after the race. I will have no time to relax, and will have to fly more than 12 hours directly after the race. I really work to hard for to less money...
I will do my work in parallel to my Ironman preperations, trying to enjoy the days before the race and the race itself. My proplems are unimportant, compared to the problems people in Africa face in their daily basis.
So the last trip tought me a lot - at least to be happy with my life and the way I am able to live it. I am eager to help the organizations in Africa, although I dont know how yet.
Yours
Norbert
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