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Quick video interlude on how to use the resources you've got, rather than the resources you wished you had, to paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld inappropriately.

I'm traveling with a group of editors and producers as part of the International Reporting Project and we have a rather ambitious schedule that, might I add, we have been able for the most part to complete.

There's one place we didn't get to though, but not for lack of trying... We wanted to go to Kasensero, it's a small fishing village on Lake Victoria, that has been integral to the history of HIV/AIDS. We traveled for a couple of hours from the clinic at Rakai down a dirt road with quite a few bumps, and even a few baboons, and were only 20 kilometers away when we encountered a road block of sorts.

I used the perseverance I observed among the villagers when uploading the following videos. Using the term 'glacial pace' to describe the Ugandan Internet connection is being magnanimous.

Part 1 - Mud Wrestling

Part 2 - It Takes a Village

And don't be discouraged, there's even a...

Part 3 - Try, Try and Try Again

These clips are short, but by the time the car was cleared, night was falling and rain was likely, so we had to abandon our expedition. I'll just have to come back.