{"id":18,"date":"2010-10-22T19:21:23","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T19:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana2010\/?p=18"},"modified":"2014-01-09T20:26:28","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T20:26:28","slug":"wellness-day-at-gaborone-cricket-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/botswana2010\/2010\/10\/22\/wellness-day-at-gaborone-cricket-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness day at Gaborone cricket club"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 22nd 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Team leader Will and director Fraser<\/p><\/div>\n

Wellness day at Gaborone cricket club<\/p>\n

Africa is a continent of contrast, not dissimilar to \u2018The nine\u2019 who on their third full day sampled the highs and lows of this bewitching country of Botswana. The nine are definitely not \u2018The A team\u2019, \u2018The Magnificent Seven\u2019 or \u2018The Dirty Dozen\u2019, possibly somewhere in-between, a mixture of Beauty and the Beast\u2019., \u2018Country File\u2019, \u2018Only Fools and Horses\u2019 \u2018Last of the Summer Wine\u2019, \u2018Desperate Housewife\u2019s\u2019 & Grumpy Old Men\u2019<\/p>\n

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Catching practice<\/p><\/div>\n

Wednesday was no exception to a day of contrast , with the Mr. Fraser Tlhoiwe Director for the \u2018Ministry of Education & Skills Development \u2018 attending with sixteen of his staff in the morning and hundreds of children anticipated in the afternoon at the Botswana national cricket ground with grass and artificial track, compared to the usual dust bowls ……………. luxury!!! Real luxury!!!<\/p>\n

Mr. Fraser Tlhoiwe greeted us all and said in a meaningful speech that the President had instructed all ministries to formulate HIV\/AIDS wellness committees, and that Local Government Finance & Procurement Services HIV\/AIDS wellness committee started in April 2009 is the most active in the ministry.<\/p>\n

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Adrian Shankar shows his class if not his shoes<\/p><\/div>\n

Each of the staff then watched and involved themselves in the CWB course that both Botswana coaches and Catching practice children would be immersed, the morning session finished on a high, everybody having enjoyed and sampled the enlightening experience of cricket combined with AIDS awareness.<\/p>\n

On a considerably hot day we waited patiently and in anticipation for the hundred and twenty under privileged children that we had been expecting for the afternoon session, unfortunately only 11 YES! 11 turned up. I guess a number of reason will later explain the limited number but \u2018The Nine\u2019 battled on with the limited attendance, but in our heart of hearts the afternoon was a low, an opportunity lost!!! The opportunity to continue to put smiles on the faces of the children of Botswana.<\/p>\n

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CWB coaches meet ministry officials<\/p><\/div>\n

Tomorrow is another day, hopefully we will enjoy the highs without the frustrating lows.<\/p>\n

Michael Stratford ………………………….(sleeping in a meadow)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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