Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Oops!
Ok, so what else could go wrong?
Emirates had no flights out of Lusaka for 8 days!
We are booked on another airline leaving on Wednesday afternoon and stayed Tuesday night in Lusaka.
I will upload some more photos. The group of children kept us company for the seven hours we are on the roadside and the family pictured in the mud brick house will remember the day the 'muzungu' visited as we gave them all our cooking equipment, food, cleaning materials etc. This included an electric kettle which hopefully they can sell! When we stopped to see the mechanics the family came out to see us again to wish us we'll on our journey.
Just one of a series of memories from the trip!
Emirates had no flights out of Lusaka for 8 days!
We are booked on another airline leaving on Wednesday afternoon and stayed Tuesday night in Lusaka.
I will upload some more photos. The group of children kept us company for the seven hours we are on the roadside and the family pictured in the mud brick house will remember the day the 'muzungu' visited as we gave them all our cooking equipment, food, cleaning materials etc. This included an electric kettle which hopefully they can sell! When we stopped to see the mechanics the family came out to see us again to wish us we'll on our journey.
Just one of a series of memories from the trip!
Monday, 28 July 2014
Nearly Home!
So much has happened in the last 9 days that it will be hard to catch up not having internet access for all this time.
Coaching and the tournament went well with Sosco beating Guardian Angels in the final.
The borehole started producing water last Tuesday and the tank was full by tournament day. They still have to fit a couple of taps, one for the school and one on the external wall for the community. A new hand pump has also been fitted on the borehole at Yanos.
All good on the safari and then when we were due to leave on Monday morning the bus would not start! Got it fixed by a local taxi driver using his battery and some very suspect wiring only for the bus to break down two hours in to the journey. In short, nearly eight hours by the side of the road, back to Chipate for the night.
Driver now here for the journey to Lusaka - will update when I can.
Chris
Coaching and the tournament went well with Sosco beating Guardian Angels in the final.
The borehole started producing water last Tuesday and the tank was full by tournament day. They still have to fit a couple of taps, one for the school and one on the external wall for the community. A new hand pump has also been fitted on the borehole at Yanos.
All good on the safari and then when we were due to leave on Monday morning the bus would not start! Got it fixed by a local taxi driver using his battery and some very suspect wiring only for the bus to break down two hours in to the journey. In short, nearly eight hours by the side of the road, back to Chipate for the night.
Driver now here for the journey to Lusaka - will update when I can.
Chris
Sunday, 20 July 2014
Sunday 20th
A few more pictures showing Catie leading a dance group and our neighbours in the campsite along with the children in their new uniforms at Yanos.
Coaching and team selection for the tournament continues in the morning.
Chris
Photos to come - slow downloads!
Coaching and team selection for the tournament continues in the morning.
Photos to come - slow downloads!
Saturday, 19 July 2014
Saturday 19th
We arrived around 6 30 on Wednesday evening and on Thursday we started coaching at Yanos, Lilayi and Sosco and also started dancing at Guardian Angels.
Here are some pictures of the bore hole being drilled, a giraffe in the campsite and the children of Yanos school wearing the uniforms made by Bishops Wand C of E School.
Here are some pictures of the bore hole being drilled, a giraffe in the campsite and the children of Yanos school wearing the uniforms made by Bishops Wand C of E School.
-Rob M
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
Monday, 30 June 2014
Uniform Project
School uniforms for children at Yanos school being made by students at Bishop Wand Church of England school in Sunbury. These students have given up their time after the school day to make the uniforms. Thanks also to Miss Rapsey for giving up her time and organising the project.
Chris
Chris
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Pre-Trip
Less than four weeks to go until a small group return to Zambia!
We will be organising a programme of tag rugby and dance in four or five of the schools we worked in last year and a tournament after a week of coaching.
During this time there has been a considerable amount of fundraising to support two of the poorest schools and we will be able to see the borehole being drilled at Sosco. This will provide water for both the school and the local community of around 1,000 people.
I have also heard from Bishop Yamba and the borehole at Yanos is in need of repair so I hope we can help with this and some other projects to improve the school.
Chris
We will be organising a programme of tag rugby and dance in four or five of the schools we worked in last year and a tournament after a week of coaching.
During this time there has been a considerable amount of fundraising to support two of the poorest schools and we will be able to see the borehole being drilled at Sosco. This will provide water for both the school and the local community of around 1,000 people.
I have also heard from Bishop Yamba and the borehole at Yanos is in need of repair so I hope we can help with this and some other projects to improve the school.
Chris
Sosco
Yanos
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