Peace Corps & Uganda by Numbers

44 – People in my training class when we arrived to Uganda

32 – People at my Close of Service Conference

21 – Age of our youngest volunteer at the beginning of service (it wasn’t me!)

3 – Pairs of running shoes loved and destroyed in Uganda

2 – Hours my computer lasts without power

5 – Liters of water I drink daily

15 – Government schools that I work with

45 – Minutes to my closest volunteer

48 – Vacation days over two years

20G – Amount of music acquired in two years

$8 – Cost of a hotel room that your average Peace Corps Volunteer stays in

4-10 – Tomatoes eaten daily

100 – Jerricans waiting to be filled at my borehole during dry season

54 – Languages spoken in Uganda

$2 – Cost of local lunch of beef with huge portions

0 – Times I used my sleeping bag (why did people say to bring this?!)

8 – Inches cut off my hair for Peace Corps and completely regretted

5 – Journals filled during my Peace Corps Service

$296 – Monthly Peace Corps salary

3^rd – Highest birth rate in the world

13 – TV series watched while in country, some of them multiple times

6 – Hours to reach the capital, Kampala, from my site

3 – Dead rats found in my house

$0.40 – Cost of a Coca Cola in the village

14 – Passengers legally allowed on a taxi

22 – Passengers usually on a taxi in my region (not including babies and small children)

41 – Plays in the past month of the song “Coming Home” because I’m COMING HOME

1 – Day remaining in my Peace Corps Service