Day 2 reflection- First visits to the school

So! It's the end of day 2 here in Uganda and it has been a truly exceptional day that none of us will ever be able to forget, and after meeting the inspirational children of both Bright Future and Foxford's partner school, I'm sure we will never wish to forget. We visited our twin school Bright Future firstly and were greeted with a ceremony full of song, dance and prayers! It was a welcome like no other and the thorough pleasure in being able to welcome us to their school showed true appreciation from the very first moments. We then had a tour of the school and got to see the classrooms, which were extremely simple but decorated best as possible with colours and motivational quotes. Each class greeted us with a perfectly synchronised speech or song - the effort they went to to welcome us was touching! The sports ground we were shown waa unbelievable, it was tiny and uneven; yet they made do. That is questionably the most inspirational thing- that each and every one of those children and teachers use every opportunity and facility they have to it's full potential!
We also discovered that the water tanks that Stoke Park raised the money to build are now being used for much more than just clean drinking water! They have been so productive with the facilities and it is so good to see how our previous hard work has helped them to live a better life.
 After visiting Bright Future school, we went to Foxford's twin school and were once again, swarmed with love and affection! The improvements that have been made in the school over the last 2 years are phenomenal, they have again used the opportunities to expand and develop their school as best as they can.

Today it all became real! What you see only through a screen does not come close to the reality of the sights, smells and emotion that you experience when you are here for yourself. Today gave us a real insight of what our previous work has gone towards and what the work over the next few days will hopefully achieve!
Tomorrow we will be visiting the local slums in Kampala and be able to see yet another way of life; I'm sure broadening our appreciation further.