Project UNITE:
Connecting North Carolina and Uganda

When Durham Academy teacher Karl Schaefer made a return visit to Uganda in January 2004 as part of the North Carolina Zoo's Project UNITE, he excitedly watched as students from Bagodi primary school typed on the AlphaSmarts he had delivered to them the previous year. "This one's really fast," he remarked about a young boy poking rapidly at the keyboard. "He's even faster than my students." That scene is one of many from Project UNITE: Connecting North Carolina and Uganda, a half-hour special. Hosted by North Carolina Now's Mitchell Lewis, the special reveals a glimpse of a three-week trip taken by four North Carolina teachers from January 21 to February 10, 2004.