2019 Group 2 Blog: Week 3
I think this is a rather advantageous week to be assigned the blog because we have had a while to get used to our assignments and now, I'd say, know the kids and peer leaders pretty well. From my observations,…
I think this is a rather advantageous week to be assigned the blog because we have had a while to get used to our assignments and now, I'd say, know the kids and peer leaders pretty well. From my observations,…
Can’t believe it is already week 2. The group has got into the swing of day to day life in Lusaka and the routes to placement seem much easier than they looked the first day. The group is getting on…
I landed on the 12thof July at Lusaka airport full of excitement. I was ready to spend six weeks coaching in a different country, living with 18 people I had only met once. I met JP (Hub Site Coordinator) and…
Once you get into the swing of things out here, time starts to move very quickly. As the staff member (from the University of Edinburgh) I arrived on the Wednesday of week 5, and after a bit of a settling…
This past week we had 4 Netball Community Hub-Site Tournaments taking place. The host communities for these events were; Matero, Chipata, Mtendere and Kalingalinga. With a combined total participation of over 400 girls under the age of 15, the community…
Week 5 was incredibly busy but great fun; it went by in a flash. At the beginning of the week we were still in Livingstone enjoying the break from placement and seeing the amazing sites. On Monday morning we went…
Monday morning and it’s the first of six football workshops that will be taking place over the summer. We had a good turnout with a lot of keen Zambian leaders looking to improve their football knowledge. We covered the four…
I am based at Chipata coaching Netball. During this week at Chipata, I went around all the hub site schools and invited the children to attend future hub sessions at Chipata compound. This was quite challenging due to the lack…
Week 2… what a week! I am based at two sites, Fountain of Hope and Mutendere, teaching Maths and English. At Fountain of Hope I am in an older class most of the time, whereas at Mutendere I am in…
This was one of the best and busiest weeks of my life, there were an overwhelming number of new things to do and see and experience. We arrived in Zambia on Sunday afternoon and were greeted by lots of smiling…