CEDARVILLE - DAY TWO

Today we all distributed food to the poor deprived areas. We went to the cash and carry and bought a huge bulk of food. We all also bought paint and paint brushes to decorate the children's school on Wednesday. The people seemed very grateful for the food and the children enjoyed the toys and sweets given. We all split into groups to give the food to families. The sun shone very brightly today! We all enjoyed the sunshine and at lunchtime we all ate our soup outside. Tonight we are all playing cards together.

- Hannah

The supermarket was definitely very interesting, unlike Tesco's or Sainsbury's, most of the items were in bulk - it was amazing seeing the large bags of samp and miele meal. Today was also the first time we've seen ladies precariously balancing sacks of rice or fruit on their heads. After four trolley loads of shopping, we headed back to the palliative care office in Cedarville, where we organised the shopping into 26 piles, each containing one of each item we had bought. We then split into groups to deliver the food parcels - I was in the group who balanced in the back on a pick up truck and had sore bottoms from the bumpy dirt track roads! However, with the sun shining, and knowing that we were supplying families with food and items such as jumpers and toys, this gave me a really amazing feeling. I can't wait to show my church the photos of the children wearing the jumpers that they have knitted!

- Lydia