Living 35 days with a local community in Uganda

Introducing the Getting Better Podcast

I’m excited to kick-off the first episode of the 🎙️Getting Better Podcast, where I’m interviewing interesting people with interesting stories and one idea in mind: sparking curiosity and inspiring to get better.

In this episode I’m interviewing Francesco Latino about his trip to Uganda, where he spent 35 days volunteering within the local community of Batwa, which have been almost entirely dispossessed of their land by the pressures of government.

Symbiosis, October 2022

This was an extraordinary chat in which we talked about (i) the things Francesco had to “unlearn”, (ii) the beliefs that fell apart once in Uganda, (iii) how the Batwa community is adjusting to a new reality, (iv) their concept of home, and other things.

Inside the Batwa Village

Francesco recently launched his newsletter Project Home, where he documents through words and pictures the concept of home for people around the world (He also wrote about the Batwa community here).

As you can tell by these pictures, he’s a talented photographer too.

A boat made from a tree trunk

You can find Francesco on Twitter/X and his website.

Timestamps

• 00:37 - Motivations to spend 35 days in Uganda

• 03:35 - What did you unlearn about Western life while in Uganda?

• 05:45 - What is one belief you had that soon fell apart once in Uganda?

• 08:20 - What is the concept of home in the Batwa community?

• 13:22 - How they are adjusting to their new reality?

• 15:25 - Which jobs are they doing?

• 17:55 - If you could bring something from the Batwa community into the way we live or work today, what would it be?

• 19:50 - What’s one story from this experience that you often remember?

Past and Future

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Here’s what you might have missed on Getting Better:

• What to Do to Stop Procrastination

• The Jedi Mind Trick to Make People Feel Understood

• Use these Words to Become More Persuasive

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See you all next Sunday 🗓️
Thanks,
Giacomo