In 2018, I moved to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for work. It was an exciting new start with fresh roles and responsibilities. It allowed me to do things I only dreamed of at the time, building the systems and staff of a communication department from scratch. It was a rollercoaster. There were many long days
This week’s Picha Tales takes you to Jinja in Eastern Uganda. Earlier this year, work took me to Uganda after a 14-year break since I last visited the country. It was so good to be there and experience something new. I wrapped up my week-long strategy training and made plans to go to Jinja. My
This year I chose health as a priority. The first quarter of the year focused on getting into a super healthy diet regimen which kicked off with Keto. I am glad the nutritionist didn’t actually say the word; I would have been out the door fast if she had. It has been a fad word
I took part of last week off, it was meant to be the whole week, but there was too much pending work that I needed to squeeze in to focus on rest. Serendipitously, three additional days were added to my weekend, spilling into a really short week this week. Did I rest? Not really. You
Two years ago, I was introduced to an exciting organisation based five hours outside of Nairobi called Village HopeCore International. I was commissioned to document stories of their work and profile the organisational founder Dr K.K. Mugambi; a fascinating man worthy of a separate blog post. And Naomi, the Operations Manager. Her story is fantastic; she
In early 2020 as part of my consultancy for a USAID funded program, I visited Taita Taveta county. A beautiful coastal county known for a lot of natural beauty. Most of the beauty I had seen on the ground was wildlife, landscapes and a flavour of coastal hospitality. I didn’t know mining was big business