To be able to understand the situation of most adults and children in life, their concerns, fears and needs, their hopes and dreams, I decided to live in Uganda for a few months. I have to admit that this experience left me with an indescribable feeling.

   With a naïve and childlike stance of ambition, curiosity and openness, you step into an adventure that rivals everything else you ever experienced. I arrived with hardly any knowledge, but with an adventurous spirit of what to expect. The childlike wonder of everything & everybody stayed with me during the entire time in Uganda.I got lost in the suburbs & slums of different cities, but discovered wonderful little spots, friendly people. I wondered what ‘Wednesseday’ is, but found ‘muzungi’ rather interesting. Discovered that grasshoppers an odd variant of cracker, but came back with the best banana curry recipe in the world. The interviews were taken in various nursery and primary schools (all of different standards) & in the main TASO-centres in Eastern Uganda. However, stigmatisation, child abuse & fear made a photo documentation almost impossible.

   It was planned to complement the subjective impressions of the interviews with meaningful photographs. Personal reviews about location, size, personality & charm of the institutions complete the study. It shows that you can experience different living situation, whilst showing respect to their culture. Problems arise when you try to study bigger institutions without a researcher status. People tent to loose their friendliness & openness with an increasing number of m². For a student it seems to be almost impossible to be taken seriously without an organisation such as UNICEF or UNAIDS backing your enquiries. This situation unfortunately minimises great possibilities for me.