Glenda's arm around my bum, as she's too short to reach my waist and my arm over her shoulder, humming some made up tune whilst walking up to the classroom. They really are great children, yes stubborn at times but I forget that they are young, still only children. I forget because how many 6 year olds do you know who can speak 2 languages, can tell you times tables, all stuff like that. I've had a good week at school. Madam Eliza started on Monday, she seems goo...

When we left Sanyu 2 months ago for our hoildays, the whole of the baby section was full, coming back there are only 5 left and the same with the older toddlers. At least 20 plus have been adopted, it's fantastic!This weekend I was the only Mzungu (white person) there. (Vic headed into town with the girls to go shopping) It was very tiring as I was in the baby section and usually there are other volunteers to help change nappies, clothe, sweep etc. I've had many ...

I am sooo tired! This week I've been on duty meaning being up for 6am and hope around 5:30-6pm, on top of that I've had to teach full days. Last term I was sharing P2 class with Madam Juliet, meaning I would teach a few lessons a day. This week I've been in the classroom 8am until 3-4pm. It's been such hard work, with the language barrier, stubborness and keeping up the enthusiasm. Thankfully Vics been taking some Maths lessons so I can have a break and Jane has ...

Oh my, where do I start?.. As a group of 10 we headed to Jinja (Jinja is in the East of Uganda and the source of the River Nile) As soon as we turned up we were kitted up and ready to go White Water Rafting without the opportunity to get nervous.Personally I'm not very confident in water and don't enjoy water sports so I wasn't looking foward to the next 31km we were planning on spending in our raft.We did 11 rapids ranging from Grade 3 to Grade 5. I remember go...

As you know I was back to school this week and it went really well!As of last term Vic and me were sharing our P1 and P2 class with their main teacher, but we've just found out that Madam Juliet and Madam Maria aren't coming back to school. Madam Abia who teaches Nursery is helping Vic with her P1 class and I've spent the week on my own teaching my pupils. Madam Jane came in here and there to teach a lesson on Science but she has to teach the upper years of the s...