Mozambique Travel Journal - Sunday 23rd Jan (Part 1)
Today was the day that we went to visit the new sponsored children of Dawn, Kristy and Joseph. Our first stop was the community that Dawn’s child is a part of. They greeted us with a song, just as all the other communities have done so far. It really must be a strong part of their culture, and thinking about it now, it really is a great way to go about meeting new people as it’s a great icebreaker. I can just imagine how it would be meeting a new community where we would get out of the car and be greeted with a large group of people, in silence, staring at us. Especially with the language barriers, it would be really hard, or almost impossible to get the conversation going. During the singing, a small group of children were selected to come out to us, hold our hands and teach us to dance with them. It was the first time I have actually been approached since we’ve been here. We danced with them for a while, and then gave out some sports equipment, including a soccer ball and a frisbee.
Will had some bubble-blowing mixture with him, and walked around the huge group of children, letting different kids have a go. At the end of the game, Will gave the mixture to a little girl, and asked her (through some translation) to share it around. It was really amazing to watch how these kids shared it around. There was no snatching or bullying going on like there had been at the church group or at some of the other communities. The kids, all cramped together, passed this little bottle around the younger ones, and let everyone have a go, when really there was no way every child could have a go because there was not enough mixture.
But it was just amazing to see them sharing in that way. I suppose that was more in line with my expectations of African children – probably unfairly so, since kids are kids all over the world – that they would be quiet, gentle children who knew how to share and took care of each other. It was a bit of a shock to see the bullying that went on in some of the groups, but also in a strange way it was a relief, because it means that these kids are normal just like other kids. Its like the dying babies in the Maputo day hospital who are unable to cry with tears. If they could cry like normal babies, they would have a stronger chance of survival. And in the same way, I feel that if these kids can be loud and noisy and sometimes naughty just like other kids, they too will have a stronger chance of survival.
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