I have been improvising a lot at school due to a severe lack of equipment. It's a real problem here in Mitchells Plain, but I think it really benefits the coaches, especially those who haven't had a lot of experience in the past. I have been using cones in place of rugby balls for dribbling and running drills: the kids LOVED it!
On Wednesday MITS hosted a mini cricket festival sponsored by KFC. It was such a good day with kids from a number of local schools. The majority of the ICS coaches came with teams they had been working with over the past couple of weeks making the day a huge success.
Thursday saw the start of a couple of days of rain :( Rain in Mitchells Plain is a nightmare as most of the schools do not have access to indoor sports halls, meaning that when it rains and the outdoor courts flood the kids can't have PE, and we are on admin duty back at Portlands Indoor Centre. As a group we are in the process of making a coaching manual filled with our session plans, a lasting legacy meaning that future cohorts from ICS will be able to use them.
On Friday we started our active citizenship working with youths who have dropped out of school. These workshops will span the next 5 weeks culminating in an exhibition during our last week in South Africa (which is approaching far too fast!!!!). The work we will be doing includes CV writing, interview preparation and teaching basic coaching principles. After our first session we had photos taken and I was interviewed for the Plainsman, the local news paper :)
Friday afternoon was our half way picnic.... All of the ICS volunteers descended on Cape Town Gardens for a picnic which was really nice. The rain had given us a very welcome break and the sun shone all day :)
The weekend started once we were in our hostel, and I had SHOWERED!!!! I have never appreciated how important a shower is in my life until I was in South Africa. Our host home doesn't have a shower and we have to wash our hair in the bath! It's a nightmare... It has already led to me cutting Charlottes hair, and we are planning her second trip to Charli's Salon :)
The weekend started once we were in our hostel, and I had SHOWERED!!!! I have never appreciated how important a shower is in my life until I was in South Africa. Our host home doesn't have a shower and we have to wash our hair in the bath! It's a nightmare... It has already led to me cutting Charlottes hair, and we are planning her second trip to Charli's Salon :)
Charlotte had been craving sushi all week, so that was our first stop after having left the hostel... I sat and watched as Charlotte, Anna and India ate their sushi, being careful not to touch anything, as it may in fact kill me... After leaving the Sushi Bar, we set our base in Sgt Peppers, a bar on Long Street. Once there I finally managed to eat something that would not kill me, and we had a couple of drinks whilst watching the football... We realised that we had been there too long when our waiter came to us and asked us to settle the bill as his shift had ended and he was going home! AMAZING.... We settled the bill, and started a new one :)
On Sunday, Nicola drove us to The Waterfront and we wandered round for a while... The harbour was awaiting the arrival of the Volvo Ocean Race, which was pretty exciting, a race my geography teacher from school had taken part in a couple of years ago! We found a cafe called Mugg and Bean to get some breakfast, and ALL YOU CAN DRINK COFFEE!!!!! R19 for all you can drink coffee is like £1.10!!! And it was seriously good coffee... I have become somewhat of a coffee connoisseur during my time here as the tea is truly terrible and my Yorkshire Tea supply has run out!!!
The Waterfront is insane, especially when you compare it to Mitchells Plain where we are living. To put this into perspective, a brand new McLaren showroom is being built next to the already standing Aston Martin dealership!! It sounds super cliche, but it really highlights the inequalities in this super crazy country...
The Waterfront is insane, especially when you compare it to Mitchells Plain where we are living. To put this into perspective, a brand new McLaren showroom is being built next to the already standing Aston Martin dealership!! It sounds super cliche, but it really highlights the inequalities in this super crazy country...
Even more inequalities were seen when we drove to Camps Bay for lunch!!! This place is insane!!! Super flash and right on the beach... I have already decided this is where I will live when I come back to South Africa!!! After a quick lunch, we got back in the car and drove up Signal Hill... Some of the most amazing views can be seen on this drive... We saw panoramic views over all of Cape Town and the Cape Flats, right out to Robben Island and beyond...
Another all round amazing week in South Africa :)
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