Thursday 13th July

    Today was the last day of training and our community work at Bwrenga Jounior School. This morning all the kids were out and ready, fighting for their chance to be part of their school team in the tournament tomorrow. Unfortunately, it was a cold and cloudy morning but it soon warmed up! The coaches started off with a light warm up of bulldog to get them back in the swing of things and then the schools were ready to start playing games of tag rugby where the coaches could fix any last minute problems and scout who they wanted for their final teams. The players played throughout the morning even though the temperature was increasing but obviously we struggled more than the players but eventually the teams were selected. Next we headed back to Kids of Africa for some lunch and today on the menue was sausages in a tomato sauce with rice and later came out some spaghetti. After we had fresh pinapple, which I think we are definitely going to miss!

After lunch the whole group made the five minute walk to Bwerenga Jounior School, to receive our farewell presentation from the children and so that we could give them our parting gifts. There were a few tears shed during the presentation as we reflected on our work and those on the work they did two years ago. As we have spent a few days with these children it was hard to say good bye to some of them especially little Howa but it had to be done and they will always have a little piece of our hearts❤️. - Cesca Davey 

As the other half of the media team I would just like to express how much of a honour it is to meet and capture all the students here from Welling School. I have known the students for less than a fortnight but I have made some incredible friends and it's been a pleasure to share all these magical moments with them. The amount of bravery and persistence shown cannot be expressed through this vlog but these couple of weeks have truely been life changing and unforgettable. I recommend to all the parents reading this to feel the pride you already have for them, and double it because they have all been unbelievable, especially for people so young... Also, don't cook mash potato and/or rice for a very, very long time.

I have taken hundreds and hundreds of pictures that capture some of the moments here in Uganda and I cannot wait to share them with you all! Thanks for having me TRT and Welling School!

Tom Parkin.

Media team.