Girls and Chitangues

Today was a relaxing day for me. There was only one OVC coordinator who was available to take us interns around Kalingalinga, so only three people went to visit the children. Me, Grant, Jessica K, and Chelsea stayed behind and washed clothes, cleaned out the fridge, and sweeped the floors in the houses. Then we decided to go get some food up at the grocery store, walked to the grocery store, got some ice cream, and did some shopping along the way. We found a nice local bakery to buy some french bread, and got a watermelon on the way home.

Later on in the day we got another opportunity to visit My Father's House. The children were a bit shy at first, but still eager to play with us. We played Uno for a little while, then some singing and clapping games, and then Jessica K, who is a teacher in Canada, brought some child books that her class had donated. The kids LOVED the books. They were all eager to read them or have one of us read the stories to them. I spent most of the 4 hours that we were there reading to girls, helping them read themselves, and then listening to them read me stories. It was a lot of fun and really made me realize how different all the kids are on the academic level. Some children could read extremely well, while others I could sound out the word, and they would still struggle a lot with how to say it.