We were all ready for a day packed full of fun activities to do with the disabled children at Ngwino Nawe but on our arrival (slightly delayed by the minibus breaking down en route), we discovered that the end of term was yesterday and a lot of the children had been collected by their parents! A little disappointed not to see as many faces, we carried on nevertheless with the face-painting (which was more arm-painting), dancing and mask-making we had planned. We were delighted to see Christophe, one of the familiar faces, who couldn't wait to get to stuck into all the activities. There was a wonderful moment when his father arrived to pick him up and he rushed up to greet him, then ran around to everyone else to tell us. Sife, one of the children who was found in the forest by a truck driver and has generally in the past found it difficult to interact with others, spent a very happy time with Emily and Dave and enjoyed the new sensory play cloth provided by King's House. Philippe loved learning the colours when colouring in pirate masks and having pictures painted on his arms. Once Samuel got the hang of the space hopper there was no stopping him bouncing around. Raphael, who has cerebral palsy, loved the bubbles and dancing with the team. We also popped in to see the pigs' new piglets. Although it wasn't quite what we expected, we had a wonderful morning and the King's House team will be back tomorrow to do some teacher training.
Samuel and the space hopper
Ruby showing her artistic skill
Lots of dancing
Philippe and Maddie in pirate masks
Raphael enjoying the bubbles
Sife and Emily with the sensory play cloth
Christophe also loved the bubbles
Jenny and Christophe
Jane with Philippe
Stephan with one of the piglets
This afternoon we walked to the farm which used to be a farming training centre run by Rwanda Aid. It was a great opportunity to stretch our legs and see a lot of the local countryside. Unfortunately the farm is no longer used for training, but we enjoyed seeing the pigs, piglets and cows.
Walking to the farm
Hanging out at the farm
The walk back from the farm
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