Tuesday 2nd April - Thursday 4th April - Holiday club...Zulu style!

Holiday club was an interesting but enjoyable experience for these three days. Tuesday I was up in KwaHaza, a township up in the hills above Mpophomeni. We were told that there would be around 20 children but when we arrived, over 100 children greeted us! Luckily we had some American volunteers with us as well as a lovely family visiting from the UK. The children played outside in the boiling heat, they definitely coped better than some of us who had to retire under a tree for a small time to recharge! Although there wasn't a clear plan, the children had a chance to relax and be kids, which for some of them is usual as they are heads of their households by the ages of 15 and some of them have very young mothers whoa er still at school. It was really good to see them have fun playing different games and eating marshmallow eggs! The evening was also interesting - we discovered, after going into Howick for dinner  that everywhere here for food shut by 8.30pm, so after a long search we ended up getting food from a petrol station - I don't think a Cornish pasty from a service station has ever and will ever taste that good!
Wednesday was polar opposite weather from Tuesday - rain, rain and more rain, I felt very at home with the English weather! There were less children and the games in the school where we were went really well. It was well organised and was a lot of fun despite the surprising cold! We also experienced when we got home, hail stone the size of marbles!
Thursday's weather was perfect, not to hot but still sunny. Because of transport  the whole team was down in Mpophomeni on the playing field. It was great to get more involved with the games and spend more time with the children. We spent the late afternoon and evening relaxing at Sarah's and I fell asleep for a good hour, I was definitely tired, a busy but rewarding few days.