Bonjour mes amis!
The Teams travel to the distribution sites
in an air-conditioned van with our driver, Mensah, over the fissured roads,
receiving a free “African massage” all the way.
However, most of the families receiving bedkit, arrive by foot, often
barefoot, or pseudo-moto (motorcycle taxi) from the remote villages.
Once again, at this jungle distribution
site, some of the children had walked at least 4 hours to get to us and then
had a 4 hour return walk home, carrying their bedkit on their shoulder and
their mattress on their head. This is
clearly not a hardship as we passed children on our way out with large waves
and dazzling smiles.
As promised, the men from both Teams,
danced to the music provided by the Village band and the ladies collected their
bet. We all loved the one-legged “shiver”
move. When we tried it we wondered if
they were they laughing at us or with us?
