May has been a quiet month as we continued with the lockdown measures as a result of COVID-19. Nevertheless, this week we have entered a new phase as relaxing measures are now in place, such as private cars are back on the road, and public transport will be soon released.

The other great news is that candidate classes (Primary 7, Senior 4 and Senior 6) will go back to school next week to commence with Term II. This is certainly crucial for Simoshi as we are eager to continue promoting the use of energy efficient cooking stoves in school kitchens to get them moving away from traditional 3-stone fires. But we urgently need for all classes to go back to “normal” or how we used to know life before - if there is any chance that it will ever be the life as we knew it.

Debate aside, we have used the spare time to work on the office’s backyard and the bushy space has been magically converted to a vegetable garden by our colleague Henry. I could not resist to also share a picture of the breathtaking sunrise in Kampala, as air got cleaner (and views more stunning) during the past three months of lock down. And a picture of the deserted capital roads being patrolled by military to ensure everyone adheres to the health measures.

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