a little community spirit

So we are now on day 4 of being stranded in Uganda and not looking like we will be moving on for another few days yes the view and surrounding scenery is stunning yes the locals are amongst the loveliest people I've ever met yes the sun is shining but despite all these checks on the checklist boredom is beginning to set in to be fair there are only so many days you can sit and read then sit and chat then sit and blog come on passports! luckily today we were rescued bySoftpower an NGO here in Uganda and a registered charity back in the UK today we spent the day out at Matai primary school re-painting it in a beautiful deep red....along with painting myself in the same colour...(of course i didn't actually paint myself but i am covered in splatter!) at 9am this morning Kibiina picked us up from the campsite...(along with the long term volunteers)...and we walked though the village to the Softpower pre-school there are 3 classrooms there the oldest kids are 5-6 we went into their classroom and we introduced ourselves and the kids sung us songs then we moved onto the offices and and resource centre where there is a library a drama centre and a demonstration garden where kids can learn new agricultural techniques there is also a health centre and a brand new family planning clinic opening this month we got a full tour of all the facilities and then looked through the craft shop...(where i brought a little fabric giraffe to be friends with my little fabric elephant)... then we jumped on board the truck and drove for about half an hour to the school where we painted our little hearts out....listening to the lessons going on inside ...(i learnt what a preposition a noun and and a verb are...yeah i don't think i actually went to primary school)...when the kids stopped for lunch they surrounded us wanting to know our names they all sat watching us paint...(literally watching paint dry hehe)...we painted till about 1.30pm when we stopped for a delicious meal of chipatis rice beans and sweet potato we all visited for a while and Kibiina told us all about growing up in Uganda it was all really interesting then we brought a t-shirt as a donation to the charity and took a photo in front of our freshly painted wall then jumped back on the truck 'home' if we are still around Friday we may help out again....AMAZING day....great way to pass the time....