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My slow journey of getting to know Africa has continued with a 6 day trip to Kampala, Uganda.

I went to visit two friends who moved out last September to work with street boys in Kampala. They are incredible and their work is too. Joe and Jess work for Retrak (click here for more info) managing a centre for the boys to have the street loved out of them but another part of their work is the incredible Thursday feeding at the Tigers club in Kampala.

The team run a game of football on a nearby pitch and then invite all the street boys who gather to watch to come and eat, which they do.

I wish I could show you a video of what goes on there, but I don't have permission yet. Imgaine then, if you will, a long line of boys in clothes of various states of quality looking hungerly at the 3 massive pans of food as they are being carried in to the yard. Someone starts singing and the gang of drummers start pounding away and a song later the food is generously (a plate full big enough to satisfy me) dished up and each boy finds a place to sit and eat in (relative) peace.

It's a really beautiful sight. No arguing, no fights, just thankful eating. These same boys are then offered the chance to come daily to the learning centre to make a start (or try to catch up) with their schooling - for free.

The Tigers club is a wonderful place, and I got to give the drums a bash with the kids too. I got them to sing a song and i played one of my beats which was quickly picked up. They then played me what they would have played instead. Their was much more african than mine!

More stories from my short trip coming soon...

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