Hands at Work 19: Thursday 12th September

Today’s the day we are leaving Swaziland. We all have mixed feelings about that. There have beenlots of highs and lows in our few days here. But Imust say the thought of a shower and toilets that flush is quite a draw!!! It was hard leaving some of the children that we have grown fond of, knowing that their lives are so hard. It will certainly make us more conscious of how much we have that we don’t really need.

One highlight today was visiting the ‘house’ that our men have been helping to build this week. A GoGo (granny) lives there with her grandson as her daughter has died and her old house was in disrepair. This lady could hardly stand but when we visited today and asked her how she felt about her new house she started dancing, she was so happy.

We then started our long drive back to White-river. It has been extremely hot today. We arrived here feeling very hot, tired and dirty so showers were very welcome. A lovely meal had been prepared for us and now we are relaxing in the communal room having put our washing in the washing machines - what luxury! An early night is needed as we’re setting off early in the morning.

Watch this space for Kruger tomorrow!

Photos to follow when we’ve had time to sort them out.