Welling School in Zambia 2011

On July 8th 2011, 10 Students and 4 Staff from Welling School will head for Zambia to coach some of the most underpriveleged children from government schools and orphanages, on how to play the game of Tag Rugby.

The Students have spent the last year raising money to fund the project themselves. Over £20,000 has been raised so far!

As well as coaching the children in Zambia they will also be training the School Staff and leave enough equipment and resources for the schools to continue playing and enjoying the game. Donations can be made using this 'justgiving' link :



www.justgiving.com/wellingschoolinzambia2011



You can follow their progress through this Blog. Thank you for your interest.

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Wednesday 13th July - Coaching Day 3

A tough day today. Many of the Team found themselves low on energy due to the efforts of the last few days. The coaching has become more intense as on Saturday they will be organising a large Tag Rugby tournament to be held at one of the schools. The Team will be in charge of everything from managing the school teams to marking the pitches on the grass. It means that over the next few days, they will have to choose two teams of 10 players from each school. A difficult task when you think that there maybe over one hundred children attending each session.

At the end of the day we ventured over to a local walking Safari to see some wild (but safe!) animals.
When we arrived back at our accommodation, the staff had cooked us a traditional Zambian meal for dinner. There were lots of maize based dishes, chicken, vegetables and.......roasted caterpillar! Yes, roasted caterpillar! Many of the Team tried everything and seemed to enjoy the dishes, but not many went back for seconds!
Two days of coaching to go. It seems to be going by very quickly.

Please click on the link below to see all the photographs from Wednesday 13th July.




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