Kukura Neshungu School

Sorry if we've been giving you all the wrong impression, but we really are working hard! We get to school at 8am every morning and began the day with praise and worship. The children really enjoy singing and dancing along to the drum. There are 19 'children' (aged from 10 - 43yrs) split into 3 groups. We've taught english, numeracy and PE. Some of the children and all of the staff, speak some english. There's one great lad named Tawanda whose english is so good he can interpret for us. We are very very slowly learning a few words of Shona, but body language and gestures work well! Some of time has been spent helping them to reorganise and mend the few resources they have. We've attended a management committee meeting for the school and been asked to produce a report before we come home. A new superintendent is to be appointed in April (perhaps one of us might apply!).

The children are given lunch at school - often sadza and vegetables or meat. We go back to Gatehouse for our lunch and spend the afternoons preparing work and visiting. (Yesterday we had a very english afternoon tea with china cups and saucers sitting out on the verandah of one of the Gatehouse community.)

Tonight (Wed) after supper we will go to the housegroup meeting. Power and water cuts

are a daily feature, but we're getting used to coping with them.