Prison Baking

 By Sara:

I have had the fun opportunity to teach baking lessons to some women whose husbands work at the prison just down the road from our home.  The families of the prison staff work on the prison compound and many of the ladies don't have any work outside the home.  I met one of them during the trash pick up day and she shared with me about her passion for helping her neighbors there gain new skills.  She has been working with me to organize training events, including cake baking, scone/biscuit baking, fireless cooker, and kitchen gardening.  

We started out with baking cakes without an oven.

All the kids who were around came to check out the instructions:

Enjoying cake when a sudden rainstorm forced us inside:

On another day, I went back for the lesson on baking scones and biscuits without an oven and one of the ladies had baked a cake so they could also practice decorating it.  They told me about all the cakes they have been making for their families and some of their husbands who were around also told me how much they're appreciating the new skills their wives have!

In case you're wondering, SPWG stands for "Soroti Prison Women's Group".