Trees
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Movie feature: Malaria
When the month of September started, in my head it looked quite different to how it actually turned out. We can plan and envisage our days and our weeks, but sometimes things happen and our minutes and hours are spent differently to the movie we had designed in our mind. As I look back over the past month, this rings true for me. Towards the … Continue reading Movie feature: Malaria
Laugh. Listen. Learn.
August has a lot to be responsible for. It took us into the season for strawberries here, it took us into the week of welcoming over 300 children into the holiday club AND it took us to the day that Miss Coldrick arrived! Yes, Miss Coldrick arrived at the start of August right in time for our holiday club. So we put her to work … Continue reading Laugh. Listen. Learn.
Pouco em pouco
Right. No time or text to waste before I tell you this story… it’s a good’en and funny. Last week, I needed to measure children’s feet as we have shoes to give to them. I wanted to ask the literacy teacher to tell the children: ‘Wait on the veranda after this lesson so that Abi can measure your feet’. However, when I got to the … Continue reading Pouco em pouco
A fleeting visit…Part II.
Part II. Last month, I told you about the little visitor I had in my toe. This month, I did not receive a visitor but, I was the visitor! After making a very last minute decision at the start of May, I found myself sat on the aeroplane flying to the UK for a two week visit. Nine months had gone by since I was … Continue reading A fleeting visit…Part II.
A flea-ting visit
Stories. Everyone loves a good story. I can remember you lot always enjoying a good story, those read from a book as well as those which I would randomly tell in the middle of a maths lesson. And I always would love telling you a good story. The atmosphere in the classroom when everyone is listening to find out WHAT HAPPENS NEXT and the way … Continue reading A flea-ting visit
Agredeço Deus
Most had arrived early that Friday morning and had waited eagerly at the preschool gate. As we drove in, warm smiles were exchanged and the children walked alongside the mothers, fathers, caregivers and grandmothers towards the preschool. It was the day for the handing out of new uniforms. Everyone sat down on the bamboo mats outside on the veranda as the preschool teacher explained uniform … Continue reading Agredeço Deus
Africa has time
Sitting in the car for an hour and a half, traffic not moving anywhere, would usually frustrate me and make me feel angry towards what was stopping me from continuing on my route. (Angrier than someone not returning my sellotape dispenser to me would you believe!) This anger towards traffic, I would say, would be a mutual feeling shared by other drivers in the UK. … Continue reading Africa has time
Arrived.
After the 3 hour car journey from the airport, we pulled left into a side road and stopped in front of a tall wired gate. A guard approached and swiftly pulled the gate open to let us in. We entered a plot of land in which I could see a number of trees, a collection of small buildings and two dogs racing around. Reality hit … Continue reading Arrived.
Expect the unexpected
Four days into our traveling trip on the South Island on New Zealand, we decided to make a quick toilet stop at the beach we were passing. Walking across the car park, we caught word that there were dolphins in the sea. Dolphins! You can already imagine the expression on my face and the pace of my heart beat… Eyes wide open, I lost myself … Continue reading Expect the unexpected
Miss Read in Mozambique 