What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?

When Bolekwa arrived at Kinrae this morning she told us about the fire at Masi. Turns out the fire started down by the water and quickly spread to the shacks. Since all of the shacks are so close to one another the domino effect is extra quick. This is the largest fire in Masi history. Unfortunately Bolekwa's house was destroyed by the fire but luckily she and her son weren't home. It's heartbreaking to hear how someone who had so little to begin with just lost everything. She was away yesterday because she had to stand in line all day to get a new uniform for her son to wear to school.

Today on project, Brian came with me instead of Holly. The children and carers did their Morning Ring, then we practiced their AEIOUs and they each drew a picture of themselves. Luckily the weather was great so Brian and I led the children with stretches and exercises outside in the yard. We also taught the kids how to play What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf? Although they didn't really understand the game because we gave the instructions in English, it helped them practice their counting in English. I do my best to incorporate learning English as best as I can into each of the exercises. The game got in some running time which they loved because they got to be chased.

For the lesson with the carers I talked about impetigo and chicken pox and how you can distinguish between the two types of skin conditions. Holly and Will came by for a visit this afternoon. They sat in on our lesson with Brian. They were all sitting on a bench on one side of the room, looking rather intimidating, but before they left Holly said I'd gone a great job with the lesson.

Shirley said at the end of the lesson that she can't wait for it to be her turn at her women's group because she wants to teach each other women in their community about everything I've taught so far. She also wants to tell her friends about neighbours about the information because she feels empowered. It was heartwarming to hear how she feels abut the lesson and how much she feels she has learned. I asked Shirley what she wanted to learn tomorrow and she asked that I teach the carers about oral hygiene.

Lindsay and I went to the Internet cafe after project so that I could look up information about oral hygiene to teach tomorrow since it wasn't a topic we were originally going to cover. The weather, as usual, changed in a the drop of a hat... or drop of water... when we were walking back. Anytime you want it to stop raining or hailing, just wait five minutes and it'll turn around.

Tonight was social night since it was Wednesday. Iris was going to plan another games night with different types of games than what we had last week but most people were really tired so we ended up watching another movie instead.