Tanzania Blog #3
Today we went to the Orekeeswa School to begin our first day of work. Our task is to build a basketball court for our new-found friends. We are going to hopefully finish the court before we depart in three weeks. We dug trenches around the court using pickaxes, hoes, and shovels. The trenches had to be three feet deep and two feet wide, side note: three feet feels much deeper when the sun is beating down on you and coated in dust. Working alongside the Orkeeswa students allowed us to develop friendships that we had started the day before. We found common ground when none of us were happy to go back to work after lunch. After the day’s work Groton and Orkeeswa students joined for a dance party on the lawn DJed by our very own Matt Westman. From there we played volleyball and basketball next to the incomplete court. We look forward to playing basketball soon on an even concrete surface.
-Sarah Black and Hugh ‘Hyu’ Cecil
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