Drew's African Odyssey - Mwange Refugee Camp, Zambia

In the camp again today. We organized the 4th session of our Coach workshop on “How to be a good facilitator”. We talked about how to control a group and showed them some warm up games to play with kids. The group that we are training is really interesting. Most of the people have been involved with Right to Play since we came to the camp in 2002. We constantly hear about the other Project Cooridinators who came before us, including a Belgian couple named Hannes and Sarah, a Quebecoise lady named Judith and the two original Right to Play PC’s from Canada named Andrew and Greg. One of the coaches that I get along with very well is a PE teacher at the secondary school named Lambo Sandra. A very down to earth guy who left behind a solid job and life in the Congo to bring his family to the camp to protect them from war.

This group we are teaching is also good because of the high female representation. It is often hard to get women involved as they are not seen as “athletes” and are mostly expected to stay home and look after the children or tend the fields. Sophie is responsible for their participation as she really advocates and fights for their rights.

Posted by: Drew Gardiner / 1:39 PM