Day 6 from Robyn and Rebecca

Our last day today on site and it was great to see that both roofs were in the progress of going on the houses. When arriving on site we had time to play with the children, they particularly enjoyed the piggy back races and posing with our sunglasses on.

 

The village seemed busy with the women cooking for the post dedication ceremony. Many of the workers brought their families to see us on our final day. The families we are building for spoke of their pride in their new homes and how they were looking forward to taking care of their homes. John then spoke and thanked the community for welcoming us.

 

The ceremony commenced with dancing and then a welcome from the village chief. The dancing was lead by workers from the local nursery we had met earlier on in the week. The dancing and singing was incredible and put our Hokey Cokey to shame. We also sang if your happy and you know it with the children joining in on the fun. We were awarded with certificates to congratulate us on our build. The ceremony was concluded by the traditional dancers. 

 

It was then time for lunch which included goat, rice, beans, shredded cabbage, pumpkin leaves and sweet potato. We ate with the families for which we are building for and the food was thoroughly enjoyed by all. It was especially lovely to see the children going up for seconds. The children got to have juice or a fizzy drink which they enjoyed.

 

Before leaving we had the opportunity to have final photos in front of our houses, with some of the children joining us. 

 

Tomorrow we get to visit all of the 24 Touchstone houses including one last visit to our two houses which no doubt will be very emotional.