Today was our final day of coaching our schools before tomorrow's big tournament and certain people are extremely confident *cough cough Loizou*.
This morning Sara, Cesca and I got woken up by Christian and Loizou banging their African drums as loud as they could in our room. Fortunately for them we have an even better wake up call for them tomorrow morning! After breakfast we all hurdled onto the bus, our team being first to get out at Walukuba West, the best school of course. We met with the head teacher and explained the arrangements for the big tournament day and the locations and times of the day. We then begun setting up next to the big cow on their playing field, ready for the kids to come running out. Me, Elise and Fiona are focusing on the most amazing group of deaf children which as you can imagine would be completely impossible if we don't know any sign language. However these kids have been an absolute dream to teach and are teaching us so much day by day. The experience they have given us alone is something I will treasure with me and take everywhere I go.
We finally after a hard time deciding, picked our final team of deaf kids (5 boys and 5 girls) and a team of non-deaf kids. I've got to say they're brilliant and I think tournament day will definitely be an exciting day. My team and I then took a short walk to our next school which is a boarding school for Muslims. On our walk we always pass chickens with their chicks not to mention goats and baby goats which is kind of a thing out here with Fiona, she loves them! After arriving at our 2nd school our lunch was then delivered by the driver which consisted of a classic ham and cheese sandwich with a big packet of crisps, which I think everyone was absolutely over the moon. After 3 days of Rolex's for lunch we were having nightmares about them (they aren't to everyone's taste, but are a traditional Ugandan meal). After a 2 hour hot training session in the sun we also picked our team of 10 for our second school, so Team 5 are now officially ready to compete in the big day ahead.
Excitements are high for tomorrow and everyone has been giving a role for their own team tomorrow, so may the best team win out of all of the amazing kids we have been teaching the last 3 days. I'm sure you will hear the big outcome in tomorrow's blog but for now it's a goodbye and a goodnight from all of us!
* A special goodnight to my Mum, Dad, Gracie & Livia and all of my family who I am missing so so so much and I can't wait to give you all a big squeeze! I hope you enjoyed my blog for the day, all my love Amelia X
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