{"id":306,"date":"2012-03-06T15:42:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T15:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2012\/?p=306"},"modified":"2012-03-06T20:20:30","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T20:20:30","slug":"day-nine-walking-miles-and-climbing-mountains-for-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/uganda2012\/2012\/03\/06\/day-nine-walking-miles-and-climbing-mountains-for-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"DAY NINE – Walking Miles and Climbing Mountains for their Education (and Cricket!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

TODAY’S GUEST BLOG IS FROM CWB VOLUNTEER (and blog manager) PHIL O’BRIEN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If there is one over-riding impression of Uganda – it is the commitment of school children to their education. They literally walk miles to and from school – and during the Cricket Without Boundaries project we have witnessed their thirst for learning.<\/p>\n

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Before one of our afternoon sessions at Kilembe, I took the opportunity to walk up one of the mountains above the playing field. My first stop was about 100 feet above the field – which gave an excellent view. I sat for a while waiting for the next batch of children to arrive – and met a young lad called Baluku Bright (who had attended the impromptu Sunday training). <\/p>\n

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He had spotted me from down on the field – and had run up to find me. He wanted to show me his home, which he said was “just above where I was sitting”.<\/p>\n

His idea of “just above” and mine differ slightly. I registered the climb on my iPhone’s altimeter – and we climbed a further 500 feet. He went up like a mountain goat – and I was rather out of breathe (he carried my bag for the last 200 feet!). Please watch the video of Baluku showing me the spectacular views from his family’s home.<\/p>\n