Uganda and its village side

80 percent of the people in Uganda live in villages. The villages are made of small houses some times smaller than a garage. The houses in very rural parts of the country are made of mud and are thatched with grass. There are now an increasing number of houses with corrugated iron roofs in many villages. The walls are constructed using reeds and sticks. Uganda has an extended family system where other relatives and distant relations may sometimes live in the same house. Sometimes the small huts can house up to 12 or more people. The huts are divided into 2 sections, normally a curtain or wall. The bathrooms are small rooms out side the house in most cases with a concreted floor. Plastic bowls are used to collect water which is then collected and thrown over your body using your hands. Sometimes one can pick up the bowl and tip the water over their head and then the water goes out through a small hall in the floor. The toilet is outside the main house or hut. It is called a pit latrine, which is basically a deep pit covered with concrete or mud to make a hole in the ground. The homes in the country are lit by paraffin candles called "Tadobba". This is because most homes have no access to Electricity. Polygamy is still common in Uganda where one man can marry more than one wife and as a result some families have very many children. There is how ever a very strong sense of community in Uganda and raising children is seen as every one's responsibility, it is not just left to the parents. The extended family system in Uganda is very strong.