The girls at the school work incredibly hard both in and out of class. They are struggling daily with lessons in English and from the minute they wake up around 5:30 am, while it’s still pitch dark, till before they go to sleep at night, they spend time doing chores. The girls are responsible for washing their clothes, cleaning their dormitories, the classrooms, the dining hall, the dishes, the toilets, the windows of all buildings, and even sweeping the sand around the buildings. They must water the trees that have been planted around the perimeter of the school by carrying buckets of water from the well for quite a distance to the trees. The list is endless. They spend very little time doing activities or sports. So I decided to gather together five of the prefects and teach them some games that I learned at camp years ago. I was hoping we could take a couple hours and just play; have fun! The prefects rarely do much besides discipline students. This was hopefully giving them the opportunity to take a more pleasant leadership role. Well, on Saturday the prefects organized the afternoon of games. Here are some pictures of the results. I think they had a good time. They ended up playing lots of different games, including many that left me puzzled as to what the objective was… lol. Their games involved lots of singing and clapping and dancing. It was great to watch.
Cheers,
Marike
