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...
What an amazing end to such an incredible trip! We have absolutely loved reading your blogs each night; to get a glimpse of the experiences you have had and how you are getting on. Everyone said it is a life changing trip and they weren't wrong! We really can't wait to hear all about it! Safe journey back everyone, we are all very excited to welcome you back at arrivals! A very big thank you to Chris for EVERYTHING and for making this such a memorable experience, thank you to all the staff for giving up their time to make it possible, you are amazing! Emma and Aoife, there a big hugs coming your way! Much love Mum, Dad and Poppy xxx
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't seem possible that you have been out there for two and a half weeks.
ReplyDeleteYou must all be so very proud of what you all have achieved and this amazing opportunity and experience, memories which will remain with you forever.
A huge thank you to Chris and all the volunteers including Mr Lyle, Ms Perks and Millie for all their support.
Enjoy your last evening there together although I am sure it will be sad in many ways.
We are so looking forward to seeing you Katie. Lucky and Bruce are too. We enjoyed reading your blog and seeing the pictures especially those of you.
Safe journey home.
Lots of Love and hugs
Mum, Dad and Daniel
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