Rest day and morning at Mgcawezulu school

This morning was spent on a TouchAfrica project at Mgcawezulu school.

We rode down to the school " spanish style" (ie without protective gear on) which was quite scary on dirt roads in the rain! When we arrived the school was in a sorry state and our tasks included roofing, wiring, carpeting, painting inside and out, making desks, making a jungle gym and moving the crèche out of their current windowless classroom into the nearly decorated one with new desks and toys. All in all I'd say we succeeded in our mission and the looks on the faces of the crèche children when they were presented with their new classroom and toys made it more than worthwhile. It was a morning for reflection seeing children so young with so little - they really do have less than nothing. That said the fact that they are in school is a positive thing and will hopefully help to break the cycle of poverty of which they are part. I had a tear in my eye on more than one occassion and spent the morning quite emotional. In our own way I hope that we have made a difference to these children's lives, for me I hope it will be the start of a long association with Touch Africa and the great work that they do.

The rest if the day is a chance to catch up on some rest before a very tough day tomorrow.