Urukundo was not just fun and games though.And even though playing with the children and teaching them english and other things was very enjoyable it felt rewarding to help Mama Arlene build some new offices for the dental clinic she was planning as well as the path leading up to it.
One thing i will say about physical work in Rwanda and most of africa at that is that you can only work for a certain amount of hours each day before it becomes too hot to walk let alone carry bricks. This was such a culture shock for us uk volunteers as we are used to long days at work. But now that we are in our fifth week we are getting more used the the way of life around us.
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| As per.. Emmanuel our group leader is never without his phone. |
Over the course of two days we finally managed to lay a manageable path under the direction on Benjamin. All that was left to do was pour some cement on to the stones to make it easier for both the children and local villagers to make their way to the new dental clinic.
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| The Old dental Clinic was held in hut that you see below but the project out grew it. |
So seeing as how one of my team members actually works on a dairy farm and how my team leader kept on bragging about milking a cow, i decided to make it my team mission to make the cows at Urukundo so we could see who was the best milker. Though, i have never milked a cow before i have to say i was the best since the cows just seemed to get along well with me. Now this might also be due to the fact the cows recognised that i am vegetarian and would never kill them to eat them.lol.
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| Face that says i know i am a better milker. |
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| Our team with Mama Arlene. |
I am so tired now since i had to get up early to go to a nearby village to make soap today and i also help my normal Yoga class for some of the Rwandans. I will try to blog a bit more this week since we dot seem to be having as many power cutes this week. Though, having said that we are only tuesday.
I will talk to y'all soon
Issie xox
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