Wednesday 5th July

After being disturbed by the extremely loud crickets at night, we woke to Sara and Amelia dancing and singing 'my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard'. Despite being in Africa, it was freezing whilst we were waiting for our fruity breakfast of pineapple, bananas and watermelon. Everyone is really becoming a team, as we are continuously reminding each other to take our malaria tablets and not to forget to put sun cream on our ears! 

After another bumpy journey we arrived at our first school, we were greeted by the headteacher. The children were just as excited  as we were. When we got into the session the children were very enthusiastic and engaged which made us think "this is what we are here for". 

Once the session had ended, we walked to our next school and waited at the top of the hill for our lunch and the new team member Thompson. The sun was shining and the goats were screeching - just like Sophie's water bottle.

Whilst waiting for the storm clouds to disappear yet again, Olivia decided to entertain the swarm of kids around us with a complication of classic party games including the Hokey Cokey. Despite the hilarity, another terrential down pour hit the happy campers as we rushed for shelter in a nearby classroom. This is where Thompson bumped into Stormzy aka a local school girl.

In the classroom, the children took great interest into out lives, which was really heart warming. Unfortunately we were unable to finish the coaching, and the highlight of the afternoon was the chicken dancing in the rain.

Sophie, Olivia, Lauren and Thompson (Sophie)