Our second day of project work today and I have woken up with a swollen eye. Not a good look! John Douglas insisted that I go to Giapatta, the village doctor, to get it checked out so me, John and Dilly headed off to the medical clinic on our way to site, and the rest of the group planned to pick us up en-route.
In true Tanzania style the doctor wasn't at work yet (9.30am). She didn't turn up for the next 40 mins, when the group arrived to fetch me. I was quite content however as I had been introduced to a one month old baby who had been brought in by his mum as he wasn't well. She instantly handed him over and I had a lovely cuddle.
By now I was bored of waiting, so I asked John if we could just head off - and we abandoned our plans at the doctors.
On-site the girls were tasked with the hard labour of digging around the trees that were planted the other day to clear room around each one. This was absolutely exhausting as we were using pick axes in the midday sun. Lunchtime soon came around though and then the afternoon flew by. We have finished all the project work now and Dilly is very happy with our efforts.
We made friends with the builders on-site and some of the lads helped carry some bricks for them. In Tanzania, the bricks aren't like normal bricks. Think of a breeze block, times it by three, and this a a standard brick. The locals lug these around over their heads and climb up makeshift scaffolding, which wouldn't ever pass any safety regulations in the UK but they are happy and the job gets done if not a little bit "pole pole"!
Tomorrow is our first day with the Mamas which will be really interesting and also really hard work I imagine, so need to have a hearty breakfast tomorrow.
Signing off now, hope all is well back home at Remit and with everyone's families. You should all be really proud of these lads, they are working really hard and having a fantastic experience!
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