Jambo

Today we went to school for the usual lessons and planning (and hiding from the sun for me and Straw with our sunburn). Again Kindergatren - can you see a recurring theme yet? I am loving the little ones. We played snakes and ladders, they went mad for the dice and stickers we used as counters, but most of them ended up stuck to their foreheads and the game was abandoned, so we did counting on the board instead. One of the things I absolutely love about Victory and the kids there is their willingness to congratulate each other with applause and/or singing. It always makes me smile.

Helped Kyle teach a lesson on MLK to Standard 6 today (13 year olds). They were a little quiet but they really loved the lesson and many came up to him afterwards and told him how inspired they were by what he told them about Black Civil Rights in the USA. Part 2 of the lesson is to follow sometime this week.

I missed 'sleepy time' with Kindergarten this afternoon for a very good reason. We split into 5 groups and all went to visit a student's house with them and a teacher. Walking through Bombolulu slum still is an eye opening experience, the smells and sights are so unfamiliar and really moving. The family were very welcoming and had clearly made the effort to clear up for our arrival. It was so interesting to be able to look inside one of the Victory students houses but also incredibly sad at the same time. It was only made up of a few rooms for 15 people to share, none having their own bed or enough space. It was kind of thatched and the walls made of stone and mud. The whole family, including great granny all lived there so the community and family feel was lovely but the conditions that these beautiful children endure in day-to-day life I really felt today. I felt very emotional that some have so much more (including myself) than others.

Tomorrow we are taking Kindergarten and Standard 1,2,3,4 to Halla Park to feed the animals and we will hopefully face paint them first. How exciting! :-)

Hope all is well back home

K x