An Assortment of Creativity

We've got an interschool football tournament, but have no idea what is involved, how many kids, what time...etc! I've no idea if I will be teaching my Grade 5s today or not.
Sadly St Paul's lost in the 1st round. We played really well in the first half and should have won the match convincingly, but for a couple of dodgy offside decisions.
The match ended in a draw and was decided on the craziest ever penalty shootout I have ever seen. All sorts of penalties were retaken and some serious cheating insued with staff used for penalties from the Bread of Life school.
So we lost on penalties.

However the kids were adorable, it was however gutting that we were unable to feed the 5000 with food supplies or water. We could have only satisfied a few and disappointed so many. Watching the kids plead for food was upsetting, but it has become part of a daily routine to hear "madame I'm hungry!"

11/08

I visited the market - the number of flies was disgusting. It smelt awful too. I have bought some really nice material. Its so hard to find things to buy here. In Ghana, Accra wason the doorstep with street vendors everywhere. I miss Osu and Pig Farm.

This afternoon was AWESOME! I was really dreading it, but it turned out fine. Having waited AGES for the kids to return from lunch, we organised painting for many of the children (which was messy!) which they absolutely loved. Little Dereck joined in with his friends and have never seen him so happy.
I haven't devoted much time to Dereck, but he is the politest, warmest, friendliest, but often saddest child of his age. He's so adorable.
He tends to wander around aimlessly from school to school singing tunelessly!
We first befriended him when he sat down beside us on a bench at break. He was playing with some friends, when he really wacked his head. He tried hard not to cry, but since then he's been our pal.

The kids who weren't involved in painting played football - I got roped into this "madame, you WILL play!!!". I could hardly say no. It was lethal, I barely lasted 10 minutes, but the kids played all afternoon, with the game growing to definitely more than 11 players!!!