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This blog will be an account my life working in a Refugee camp in Northern Zambia called Mwange. For the next year, I will be working for Right to Play, a sport and development organization based out of Toronto. What follows will be a life altering experience. Stay tuned....
Monday, April 25, 2005
April 21st
Today was the monthly coach meeting, which turned into a meeting of coaches demanding things for their different schools. It’s supposed to be a meeting to discuss the activities they have been holding with the kids in the camp. We also discussed a “Coach Party” which we are planning on having in a couple of weeks… This should be a huge event as anything that involves food is going to have a huge turnout… I also informed the coaches of a basketball and netball training session that I’m planning on organizing in a couple of weeks (too bad I don’t know a thing about netball) and the coaches seemed enthusiastic…
Life in Mporokoso continues to be up and down. I'm keeping to myself a lot and hanging out with a couple of friends in the area and with Sophie. I do a lot of cooking (the preparation of food takes a while here, especially when you’re without electricity) and reading and writing. I’ve also been trying to take care of our garden and to join the boys out on the basketball and volleyball court once in awhile…Most of the kids that play out in front of our house are in the 14-18 range and some of them are really good at volleyball. We have some intense matches, to say the least.
We’ve also had some news from head office as of late… Seems they’re not too sure on the status of our project and when the closing date will be. Stay tuned on that one…
