Apparently it's Track and Field season. Last week I took a bus full of radio kids to "Sports Day" at a school in Magburaka, 20 minutes from here. Everyone ran in their socks or barefoot on the dirt track, just like in Chariots of Fire. All running events ended with someone passing out at the finish line or before -- guess no one told them to hydrate before the race. My girls ran a 4x100 meter relay as special guests from Radio Maria and they finished a solid second place. The boys were supposed to run, but they were preempted when chaotic victory celebrations on the field after every race forced the organizers to quit early. The above photo is from this week's Sports Day at Saint Francis secondary school for boys, which is next door to my workplace.Some highlights from Magburaka:
My personal favorite event -- the Tug-of-Peace.
The Disabled 100 meters. The girl in yellow busted out with an amazing victory dance when she was given her award of one Snickers.
These kids are fast.I helped another VSO with kid control at the Makeni library on Saturday. After coloring and lots of Play-doh fun, we played a fine game of chicken-chicken-monkey. You never see ducks or geese around here anyway. And it's funnier with that name.
4 comments:
loved the photos of the kids. Your parents and I really enjoyed the Sierra Leone refugees; hope you learn thos cool dance steps. Becky and a girlfriend will go to Chile in March to work at a national park; email your chilean advice to her :)
la tia C.
Can't believe you didn't run in any of those races. Don't they do long-distance? I love your entries and hearing about your work.
Sarah
Did they really call it tug of peace?! Jesse Bynum taught some kids in Zambia how to play duck duck goose, but didn't change the names. They didn't really get it, so good call on that.
Yep, the Tug-of-Peace must be part of the government's Forgive and Forget policy regarding the war. Shhh...don't say the "W" word.
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