Data Collection, week 1!
First of all: Thank you for your comments! You made my day! Now down to business!
We have completed our first week of data collection for our theses and it was great! Sara is writing by herself, Sophie and I together, however we collect the data together all three of us.
We left Masaka Monday morning; the three of us, the three translators, Cotilda and Fred, our driver. About an hour later we arrived in Kyotera where we found a hotel. Dropped off our stuff and continued to Kamukalo, a further 45 minutes away. Here we met with the chairman for the cooperation (KAME), the members of which we were going to interview. He briefed us about KAME and gave us a members list from which we selected members to interview and off we went.
The area we went to was very dry compared to the Masaka region despite the fact that it was only 1½-2 hours away. Interesting that the difference can be so big! However, it was still beautiful and the farmers appeared to be coping alright even though some were clearly very poor.
At the end of the day we had interviewed 2 members each, which was our goal. We went back to Kyotera, discussed the day and made a few changes in the interview guide.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday had a similar schedule: Went to Kamukalo, picked up the chairman and two other members who were our guides around the area, and then we went looking for members. However, on Wednesday it started raining which was very good for the farmers, but not good for me as I was wearing flip flops and fell on my knee in the mud when trying to get from a house to the car! Fortunately the next stop was Nabusozi, a small village by Lake Kijanebalola where I could go and wash the mud off, while the villagers were laughing at me.
On Thursday it was also raining a lot, so I wore shoes instead of flip flops, which turned out to be a good decision. Even the car had trouble getting around on the small paths that turned into mud paths. There were more sliding and gliding going on than actual driving, but thanks to the 4-wheel function we stayed on the road and reached all our destinations. Around lunch we had interviewed a total of 30 people as planned, so we said goodbye to Kamukalo and headed back to Masaka. Below are some photos from the week! Have to go as we have a lot to do preparing for week two of data collection starting tomorrow, this time in Lyantonde! Enjoy the pics, I’ll be back with more after next weeks data collection.
The 6 of us waiting at the office for the car
On our way to Kyotera from Masaka (the African highway!)
A typical village we passed on the way
The view from the first village we went to. Beautiful or what?!
Sophie and Chris in the middle of an interview in the house of the respondent
Sara and Orgrives interviewing the chairman of the cooperative
How to dry a fish in Uganda... Just put them on the roof!
The surroundings we moved around in during all 4 days
A small village we passed on the way
Me and Wilson finishing our interview with Jane, a very energetic 60 year old woman who talked a lot! But it was fun even though I didn’t understand any of what she was saying. More than once she got up and demonstrated how she did morning gym during some trainings, how the goats moved around etc. I liked her!
Ready to leave Kamukalo. I think school had just finished for the day because suddenly the road was full of kids! Fred bought a goat that we brought along in the car. We named her Mirinda (after the soda).
A typical way to transport Matoke (cooking bananas)
We have completed our first week of data collection for our theses and it was great! Sara is writing by herself, Sophie and I together, however we collect the data together all three of us.
We left Masaka Monday morning; the three of us, the three translators, Cotilda and Fred, our driver. About an hour later we arrived in Kyotera where we found a hotel. Dropped off our stuff and continued to Kamukalo, a further 45 minutes away. Here we met with the chairman for the cooperation (KAME), the members of which we were going to interview. He briefed us about KAME and gave us a members list from which we selected members to interview and off we went.
The area we went to was very dry compared to the Masaka region despite the fact that it was only 1½-2 hours away. Interesting that the difference can be so big! However, it was still beautiful and the farmers appeared to be coping alright even though some were clearly very poor.
At the end of the day we had interviewed 2 members each, which was our goal. We went back to Kyotera, discussed the day and made a few changes in the interview guide.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday had a similar schedule: Went to Kamukalo, picked up the chairman and two other members who were our guides around the area, and then we went looking for members. However, on Wednesday it started raining which was very good for the farmers, but not good for me as I was wearing flip flops and fell on my knee in the mud when trying to get from a house to the car! Fortunately the next stop was Nabusozi, a small village by Lake Kijanebalola where I could go and wash the mud off, while the villagers were laughing at me.
On Thursday it was also raining a lot, so I wore shoes instead of flip flops, which turned out to be a good decision. Even the car had trouble getting around on the small paths that turned into mud paths. There were more sliding and gliding going on than actual driving, but thanks to the 4-wheel function we stayed on the road and reached all our destinations. Around lunch we had interviewed a total of 30 people as planned, so we said goodbye to Kamukalo and headed back to Masaka. Below are some photos from the week! Have to go as we have a lot to do preparing for week two of data collection starting tomorrow, this time in Lyantonde! Enjoy the pics, I’ll be back with more after next weeks data collection.
The 6 of us waiting at the office for the car
On our way to Kyotera from Masaka (the African highway!)
A typical village we passed on the way
The view from the first village we went to. Beautiful or what?!
Sophie and Chris in the middle of an interview in the house of the respondent
Sara and Orgrives interviewing the chairman of the cooperative
How to dry a fish in Uganda... Just put them on the roof!
The surroundings we moved around in during all 4 days
A small village we passed on the way
Me and Wilson finishing our interview with Jane, a very energetic 60 year old woman who talked a lot! But it was fun even though I didn’t understand any of what she was saying. More than once she got up and demonstrated how she did morning gym during some trainings, how the goats moved around etc. I liked her!
Ready to leave Kamukalo. I think school had just finished for the day because suddenly the road was full of kids! Fred bought a goat that we brought along in the car. We named her Mirinda (after the soda).
A typical way to transport Matoke (cooking bananas)
That’s all folks!
posted by Maria at 2:13 PM
3 Comments:
Kul att få se lite kort från "fältet"!
13 dagar till CT!! WHOOHOO!!
Hej Maria,
Undskyld jeg ikke har fået skrevet. Men der er godt nok gået hverdag i den herhjemme. Gider ikke at brokke mig, men det er bare en ny udfordring at få hverdagen til at hænge sammen. Og man lider konstant afsavn. Gud hvor jeg hader at have så lidt tid med Asger. Men nok om det :-)
Hvor er det bare spændende med alt det I oplever. Fedt at følge med fra sidelinien. Og din forestående tur lyder jo helt fantastisk!! Øv hvor er jeg misundelig.
Vi har måtte bruge sparepengene på en lille bil til mig. Jeg har det helt dårligt med at sige det (og især til dig miljøfreak :-) ) men jeg måtte ofre mine principper for en time mere med min søn om dagen. Nå men det jeg ville sige med det var, at der ikke er så mange penge til at rejse for lige nu. Men så skåner vi selvfølgelig miljøet lidt på den front :-)
Jeg savner dig rigtig meget og glæder mig til du kommer hjem igen. Var det til jul? Du har sikkert et pakket program når du kommer hjem, men hvis der skulle være tid, så holder jeg juleferie fra d. 18 dec og til efter Nytår.
Glæder mig i hvert fald til at høre endnu mere om din tur og se endnu flere billeder.
Nyd det nu rigtig meget og pas på dig selv.
Stort knus Trine
Hej, det är verkligen intressant, meneqvist.blogspot.ru tack
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