Hello from Uganda

Written by Scot, May 17th, 2009

Our first post!

Hello there. Scot McDonald here. I’m writing this first post in our shiny new Full Frame blog while overlooking the city of Kampala in Uganda. It’s about 7AM and the sun is just rising over Lake Victoria. It’s very beautiful. High up on this hill it’s hard to imagine there’s so much suffering here.

We’re here with CBM to shoot a new television show that documents their work with children with disabilities living in extreme poverty. It’s hard enough existing in this unforgiving environment when you’re able bodied and can provide for yourself. Many of these kids are hidden away in the shadows, shunned by society and forgotten by the outside world.

We’ve only been here a few days and have just started visiting children and families to select the stories we’ll shoot for the show. It’s always a difficult process. We see so many kids, so many tragic situations. But, that’s why we’re here – to hopefully make a difference. That’s the cool part.

Well, it’s about time to get into the truck and head off for our five-hour drive up to a town called Kumi. We’ll be shooting our first four stories there. Hopefully the heavy rains we’ve been having lately will cooperate and not wash us out.

More later!