DAY SIX – Visits to orphanages, AIDS centres and meeting a missionary
TODAY’S GUEST BLOG IS BY CLAIRE MARRIS. We are now on our way to Kasese, a five to six hour journey on the mini bus with our driver Joseph at the helm. To pass the time I thought I would tell you about the other places we visited and people we have met in Masaka...
DAY SIX – a farewell to Masaka (with some gifts from a local artist/new cricket coach)
We’re off to Kasese this morning (which we are told is a six hour drive). In Joseph (our driver) we trust…. Before we left, an art teacher (and new cricket coach) from Masaka Secondary School arrived at our hotel. He had brought a beautiful oil painting that he had painted and art created by his...
DAY FIVE – Photo Highlights of Tournament Day at Masaka
A selection of photographs from Tournament Day at Masaka. Lot of happy faces, some great cricketing skills and presentations to all the teams of T-shirts or Tennis Balls. …. And Phil finally stepped from behind the camera – and worked with Martin to coach the Masaka Exodus Secondary School to victory in the afternoon’s tournament!...
DAY FIVE – Video Diary – Jo’s experience of CWB in Masaka
Today we have a “Day in the Life” video blog from Cricket Without Boundaries Volunteer Jo North-Clarke in Masaka, Uganda The CWB team have spent the past 4 days in Masaka, Western Uganda, coaching 18 teachers and over 300 children. Have a flick through my video blogs to see what a typical day of a...
DAY FOUR – Redmile School’s Red Bats – your donations in action
TODAY’S GUEST “BLOG POST” IS FROM NEIL ATKINS Day 3 of coaching arrives with us all filled with anticipation BUT the ‘Belvoir Bees’ coaches et al arrived to be met with not only the super keen kids already there but several ‘real’ bees flying around from a nest that had been disturbed, but luckily Claire...
Cricket – and our HIV-AIDS message
People often ask how the Cricket Without Boundaries team deliver a HIV/AIDS message with cricket coaching. You will find no better examples than Richard Davies’s delivery to primary school children yesterday. See the video below. The afternoon session’s AID/HIV message was delivered by Uganda CWB coach Yusuf Nanga – in English and local dialect to...
DAY THREE – Kids and Smiles – and plenty of colour
Today was a real working day. We met and coached 6 primary schools and 4 secondary schools today (with the help of the teacher/coaches we trained yesterday) – quite a challenge. Our coaching numbers were slightly down – as Darren had an appointment with “percy porcelain” … but we hope we will be in better...
DAY TWO – let the coaching begin
The team have got in to action at Masaka Secondary School. First off, we met the head teacher – Hajii Mpungu Musoke Musa – who told us that the school has 3,500 pupils and around 180 teachers (with 100 teaching assistants). He was a Manchester United supporter – so the discussion lurched in to football....
DAY ONE – Arriving in Uganda
Well – we were glad to get to our first hotel in Masaka. We’d set off from our homes in the UK early in the afternoon on Sunday – and we didn’t arrive until after 8pm on Monday evening. The real work starts tomorrow – when we get to work with local coaches and children....
Meet the Team – and we’re off…
And we’re off…. All the preparations are done – and our team of 10 volunteers are off to Uganda! Wish us luck (and send donations via Just Giving!). We’re travelling from Heathrow on Ethiopian Airways – via Addis Abbaba to Uganda. We’ve each got a bag of our own kit – and each another large...
Oakham Girls Raise Funds for African Cricket Trip
The Girls of Lincoln House at Oakham School have been raising funds for Cricket Without Boundaries trip to Uganda. Millie O’Brien, Lincoln House’s OSCA (Oakham School’s Charity Association) representative wanted to find a way to support her dad, Phil, on the trip. She made a box to collect everyone’s small change in house. They raised...
Bowled over by Primary School’s fundraising
As reported in the Melton Times A PRIMARY school has donated money towards widening children’s experiences in Uganda by teaching them to play cricket. Redmile Primary School’s council handed over a cheque for £72.55, which was raised at the school’s Christmas raffle, to Darren Bicknell of the Belvoir Castle Cricket Trust. The money will go...