In September 2007, London sweethearts Grania Price and Dan Brigden put their careers on hold and signed up with Voluntary... More > Service Overseas (VSO). Their intention: to live and work in Africa for a year.

What followed was an almost unbelievable eighteen months of highs and lows in the equatorial sun. Amongst the mango and papaya trees of Uganda, Grania & Dan experienced at first hand the often grim reality of aid work in Africa.

Surrounded by death, disease and corruption, they caught a glimpse of African life in Africa's most fertile country.

In the stark contrast between overwhelming human tragedy and the astonishing resilience of ordinary people in the face of such hardships, they were first dazzled and then captivated by life in the Pearl of Africa.

Based on the articles posted on their popular Flip Side of the Coin website, this is the intoxicating story of one couple's year in the sun, after which they would never see things in quite the same way again. < Less

In September 2007, London sweethearts Grania Price and Dan Brigden put their careers on hold and signed up with Voluntary... More > Service Overseas (VSO). Their intention: to live and work in Africa for a year. What followed was an almost unbelievable eighteen months of highs and lows in the equatorial sun. Amongst the mango and papaya trees of Uganda, Grania & Dan experienced at first hand the often grim reality of aid work in Africa. Surrounded by death, disease and corruption, they caught a glimpse of African life in Africa's most fertile country. In the stark contrast between overwhelming human tragedy and the astonishing resilience of ordinary people in the face of such hardships, they were first dazzled and then captivated by life in the Pearl of Africa. Based on the articles posted on their popular Flip Side of the Coin website, this is the intoxicating story of one couple's year in the sun, after which they would never see things in quite the same way again. < Less

Our favourite photographs from our year in Uganda.

In September 2007, London sweethearts Grania Price and Dan Brigden put their careers on hold and signed up with Voluntary... More > Service Overseas (VSO). Their intention: to live and work in Africa for a year.

What followed was an almost unbelievable eighteen months of highs and lows in the equatorial sun. Amongst the mango and papaya trees of Uganda, Grania & Dan experienced at first hand the often grim reality of aid work in Africa.

Surrounded by death, disease and corruption, they caught a glimpse of African life in Africa's most fertile country.

In the stark contrast between overwhelming human tragedy and the astonishing resilience of ordinary people in the face of such hardships, they were first dazzled and then captivated by life in the Pearl of Africa.

Based on the articles posted on their popular Flip Side of the Coin website, this is the intoxicating story of one couple's year in the sun, after which they would never see things in quite the same way again. < Less