{"id":80,"date":"2013-03-06T21:06:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T21:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/?p=80"},"modified":"2013-03-07T16:26:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T16:26:31","slug":"day-4-and-then-there-were-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/2013\/03\/06\/day-4-and-then-there-were-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 4 \u2013 And then there were eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l9vzghfm-UE\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAn overview of Day 4 through the eyes of Gary Shankland&hellip;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAnother busy day today saw us coach 190 children, plus sneak in a short visit to&nbsp;the Rwandan Orphans&nbsp;Project.&nbsp;Unfortunately it was also the day that saw us say&nbsp;goodbye to Emma and Phillip who have been fantastic members of the team and&nbsp;have thrown themselves headfirst into the coaching and HIV\/AIDS awareness work&nbsp;of CWB. I know I speak for the whole team when I say that they will both be sadly&nbsp;missed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/files\/2013\/03\/DSC_0295-001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC_0295-001\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83\" height=\"371\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/files\/2013\/03\/DSC_0295-001.jpg\" width=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/files\/2013\/03\/DSC_0295-001.jpg 560w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/files\/2013\/03\/DSC_0295-001-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis morning saw a depleted team (Lee and AJ taking the morning off to attend a&nbsp;meeting which actually transpired to be tomorrow &ndash; good planning chaps) enjoy a&nbsp;great session at Excella Primary School, with 120 children receiving coaching. It&nbsp;was great to see a high level of awareness of the ABC message amongst the children&nbsp;and teachers and we discovered some fantastic raw talent amongst the group. All of&nbsp;the team have now taken a lead role in a coaching session and you can really sense&nbsp;everyone is growing into their role here.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLunchtime saw the Duchess presented with the gift of a Bongo Drum from the&nbsp;Rwandan Cricket Association. After saying our goodbyes, the Duchess and Phillip&nbsp;headed off to the airport and the rest of the team headed to the outskirts of Kigali for&nbsp;a session at Kanombe. Despite the school field being underwater (when it rains in&nbsp;Rwanda, there are no half measures) we managed to provide a lively session to 70&nbsp;children, using a gravel car park as a base for training.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/files\/2013\/03\/DSC_0352-001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC_0352-001\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84\" height=\"374\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/files\/2013\/03\/DSC_0352-001.jpg\" width=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/files\/2013\/03\/DSC_0352-001.jpg 560w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/files\/2013\/03\/DSC_0352-001-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe day was rounded off with short visit to the Rwandan Orphans&nbsp;Project. It was&nbsp;undoubtedly the highlight of the trip so far for me, and I think the rest of the team&nbsp;feel the same. The ROP is a fantastic place and is currently home to 95 children&nbsp;between the ages of 3 and 18. The sea of smiling faces and cries of &ldquo;come on bowler&rdquo;&nbsp;that greeted our van&rsquo;s arrival set the tone for the next hour, which was spent playing&nbsp;cricket with the children. We also met the newest resident at the ROP, a small boy&nbsp;of about 4 who had been living on the streets and came to the ROP&rsquo;s attention when&nbsp;he attempted to attend a local drop-in school. You can tell from his beaming smile&nbsp;that he is fully settled at the ROP and the stability they will provide him with will&nbsp;undoubtedly change his life for the better. It was difficult to drag ourselves away, and&nbsp;I cannot wait for our next visit on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/files\/2013\/03\/DSCF0217-001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSCF0217-001\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85\" height=\"420\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/files\/2013\/03\/DSCF0217-001.jpg\" width=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/files\/2013\/03\/DSCF0217-001.jpg 560w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda2013\/files\/2013\/03\/DSCF0217-001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>\u200b<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs I write, the team are enjoying a well earned Mutzig and looking forward to a quiet&nbsp;night in and tucking into a dinner that Emma kindly cooked for us before leaving.&nbsp;I am not sure that George could handle a repeat of the motorbike taxis and visit to&nbsp;Planet that occurred yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An overview of Day 4 through the eyes of Gary Shankland&hellip; Another busy day today saw us coach 190 children, plus sneak in a short visit to&nbsp;the Rwandan Orphans&nbsp;Project.&nbsp;Unfortunately it was also the day that saw us say&nbsp;goodbye to Emma and Phillip who have been fantastic members of the team and&nbsp;have thrown themselves headfirst into the coaching and HIV\/AIDS awareness work&nbsp;of CWB. I know I speak for the whole team when I say that they will both be sadly&nbsp;missed. This morning saw a depleted team (Lee and AJ taking the morning off to attend a&nbsp;meeting which actually transpired to be tomorrow &ndash; good planning chaps) enjoy a&nbsp;great session at Excella Primary School, with 120 children receiving coaching. It&nbsp;was great to see a high level of awareness of the ABC message amongst the children&nbsp;and teachers and we discovered some fantastic raw talent amongst the group. All of&nbsp;the team have now taken a lead role in a coaching session and you can really sense&nbsp;everyone is growing into their role here. Lunchtime saw the Duchess presented with the gift of a Bongo Drum from the&nbsp;Rwandan Cricket Association. 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