Part V
This is, unfortunately, not my house, but instead the WellShare International West Nile Regional Office here in Arua. It was not so long ago a residential building, though WellShare has converted it into an office for about ten staff and volunteers. You can see a much-welcome storm cloud was coming from the east to break the 90 degree heat and humidity. The second photo here is from the same spot, but to the left, of WellShare's head security guard, James, standing proudly near his bike and security post. Security guard, you ask? Well, here in Uganda, the distance between the haves and the have-nots is pretty unfathomable, so some of the have-nots will break into to any building and steal anything. Violence is not a concern, but the safety of property is. Keep in mind that thievery is often punished by a lynch mob, and still, people are driven to steal. But James has a job and he's smiling.
