At our first school the atmosphere was very relaxed and we all enjoyed the waging and excitement of the children, as the day rolled on each school seem to possess more enthusiasm and excitement for our arrival with more waving and cheering accompanied with the group hand holding and pictures.
With the schools visited (the last one requiring a boat ride across the Nile to reach-teachers only for today) we made our way back to Jinja Backpackers for a quick Rolex lunch and onto our training sessions to give us the refresh and understanding we needed to coach tag rugby, my team comprising of 2 local volunteers, myself, Sophie T, Ria and Mrs Morrison trained with Fortunate (our lead TRT member in Uganda) who taught us the key elements of how to coach these children tag rugby.
I anticipate a tough day tomorrow due to a 6am wake up but more so for one of our groups who have the fantastic opportunity and challenge to teach a team of deaf children how to play tag rugby, this therefore meant a breif but informative chance to learn basic sign language which was both a unique and incredible skill to use especially for the week ahead.
Currently though we are all relaxing at the Backpackers making final plans for the days ahead but with a mix of tiredness and anticipation for the next day, I personally feel so amazed that I have had the chance to return to Uganda and am very much looking forward to the next 2 weeks.
I guess I better end now, after all it's early morning tomorrow :) , take care everyone at home, wish us luck with the training but thank you for all the support you have given us and for the opportunity to actually do this trip in the first place, from all of us...
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Please note that Mr Loizou's emergency Ugandan sim is currently not working. Please call his UK number or email if necessary .
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