Matoke Madness in Uganda

Off the beaten path in rural Uganda, we trained 25 Local Leaders and served over 200 villagers at our final food culture banquet in the central Ugandan district of Mityana. Making Matoke (steamed plantains) for that many is quite a feat, but our newly trained Leaders were up to the challenge. The whole week they worked with us, learning our experiential model, and using critical thinking skills to evaluate health and nutrition topics as they related to local food culture.

Once the youth education workshop began in conjunction with Children of Bukeka, our leaders were excited to practice passing on their newly gained knowledge to the younger generation. Taking advantage of all of the amazing, freshly grown fruits and vegetables was at the forefront of our program here in Bulera, where we instilled in our group a deep appreciation for traditional cooking methods and ingredients. Our final meal of steamed plantains with ground nut sauce, eggplant, sautéed greens, beans, and steamed pumpkin was AMAZING (not to mention another dynamite healthy sweet)! Definitely one of the tastiest meals CBP has had yet in Africa.

AND, just like before in Kenya we were invited on the fly to run a one-day introductory training for Uganda Red Cross staff in rural Kayunga, east of Kampala. The URC volunteers were totally on board with the program, and even gifted us pinneapples in gratitude.