In the Village
I woke this morning to the sound of the cock crowing, and sweeping in the yard. The sun was just up. After a hot bucket shower and breakfast of chips (made from 'Irish' potatoes) and roasted ground nuts I was invited to the school to a welcoming ceremony. Given that the school was on holiday I felt very honoured as there were many chiefs there, the school management committee, teachers and lots of children.
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| Children turn up for the welcoming ceremony. |
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| Teachers in the staff room. Vincent is very proud of his Scottish scarf. |
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| Village head men introduced themselves. Lucius third from the right is the head of over 30 villages. |
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| Chiefs |
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| Women teachers Ida, me and Gloria. After prayers and speeches from the chiefs, management committee, teachers and me everybody shook hands and introduced themselves and we took lots of photos. We then walked around the villages and the market and greeted everybody we met. A crowd of children followed. |
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| Anna (Leo's daughter) eats her porridge. She is no longer frightened of me. |
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| Children turn up to ceremony and follow us around. |
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| Making chips in the market |
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| Playing 'duck duck goose' with some of the children. |
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| Sara and Colline wearing one of the noses from my fellow cyclists. The gifts were very much appreciated with most of them to be used as prizes for classes. |
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| Skipping with a home made sissal rope |
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| Tasting chips in the local chippie |
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| In Leo's yard with Lessinya washing up.
It was a busy day. Tomorrow we are going to the TDC in Katewe for teacher CPD in computing.
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