Bahá’í House of Worship, Uganda, originally uploaded by .Leili. Most of what I know about the Baha’i faith stems from two Baha’i housemates I had while living in Uganda eight years ago. He was born and raised in Canada. His wife grew up in Iran, but was smuggled out of the country (along with her …
Not quite a decade ago, I volunteered for the AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) in Uganda. Fresh out of university with Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Sociology, I had absolutely nothing to offer TASO except for a year-long commitment and a willingness to learn, and they were lovely enough to take me in.* TASO is located …