We we are settling in with our host families here in Wakisu, 15 minutes from Kampala as the crow flies and 45 if you dare to take public transportation.  My family is headed by an amazing woman who has survived more than anyone I know will experience in many lifetimes.   Educated, articulate,  a community leader and raising several grandchildren as well as educating some extended family, she was reared in a wealthy family with high level connections until one of the wars came along. After her husband was thrown into prison, where he died,  she became homeless and penniless, but survived with her 6 children in the forest until she found some family land willed to her husband.  She has built her home alone and has educated all of her children (4 of whom died from AIDS related issues) and most of her grandchildren!  In short, she is the quintessential feminist in a culture where that is rare.