when you hear the term "bush country" do you have a visual of what that means?
The slashing (that's what they call mowing here) started out like this. I admit, in Uganda, even this machine is not normal. Most people just swing a machete, but we're not very practiced with that and we have a big compound.
We also did a little spraying to get some of the difficult areas.
Then, we had to graduate to more man power.
This is a commercial machine manufactured in South Africa for slashing.
In front of the dorms, we also had to get a "brush cutter" (like a weed eater).
Tyler's job was to grab any bricks, large rocks, debris, and other things that would get in the way.
Eventually it became a group project with all of us out there collecting bricks and debris. We also had to employ a few machetes to speed up the slashing.
It was worth it to have some clear area for playing, drying clothes, and walking to the latrines. It is also a bit safer because the snakes, rats, and other creatures can't come so close to the dorms.
The slashing (that's what they call mowing here) started out like this. I admit, in Uganda, even this machine is not normal. Most people just swing a machete, but we're not very practiced with that and we have a big compound.
We also did a little spraying to get some of the difficult areas.
Then, we had to graduate to more man power.
This is a commercial machine manufactured in South Africa for slashing.
Tyler's job was to grab any bricks, large rocks, debris, and other things that would get in the way.
It was worth it to have some clear area for playing, drying clothes, and walking to the latrines. It is also a bit safer because the snakes, rats, and other creatures can't come so close to the dorms.
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