First day coaching in Zimbabwe
Monday 22nd July 2024 By Bess Turpin Today was our first full day in Zimbabwe, thankfully we were treated with a much needed lie in, 7.30am !! Breakfast was delicious with a range of food including avocado, eggs, toast, fruit and porridge. All full up, we hoped on the bus to our first morning of community projects which was at an old peoples home where we were greeted by an one hundred and eleven year old lady. We were split into groups which were given various tasks such as painting, brick laying and litter picking. I was tasked with removing plaster off a room wall in prep for it to be painted. We meticulously scraped plaster off the walls until the bare brick was exposed. After this hard work we had lunch and moved straight on to coaching which was hard in the beating sun but was very rewarding. After 2 hours of coaching we returned to Sizinda camp for a quiet evening of games, a beautiful sunset and drums around the campfire. Mum, Dad, Alex I am having an ama...
Amazing photos. So lovely to see you all having a great time and doing brilliant work too. Not long now, enjoy your last few days. Martha, we have missed you loads and can't wait to hear all about your adventures. See you soon, lots of love Mum, Dad, Holly and Murphy xxxx
ReplyDeleteFantastic Photos! It's great to see that you are all having such an amazing time.
ReplyDeleteEllie - I can see from the photo of the hippo that your wish came true. We are missing you and looking forward to hearing all of your stories.
All our love - Dad, Mum and Eska.