Well the International March for Elephants went off without a bang or a shot. That was one thing that really did concern me, but although I had concerns about our safety, I felt the animals, and in particular, the elephants deserved our support.
On another note, I
really am looking for Procurement professionals to take over my role so if you
know of any please send them my way.
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On the latest email from St Jude's there is a
clip of where we shop for the school.
It's not of me, but Joan and some of the market. My vege supplier stars in it. Have a look at the latest school video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfh3TgTm404&feature=youtu.be
From the 1:43 mark it shows Joan and my vege
man Obedi. He has several helpers, but
only he made it into the final clip. It
was like a movie production. I was
there, but wasn't allowed in camera shot.
Obedi played it up for the camera.
The march for elephants was supposed to
begin around 7am, but didn't start until around 9am. The day was a little cool to begin with,
especially when all I was wearing was a T-Shirt, but once the sun came out it
was sunburn time. Guess who forgot to
put on sun cream.
As I said earlier, leading up to the event I
was concerned over safety as we were going to be marching with a large group,
protesting peacefully against people who use automatic rifles. I was assured it would be safe, so with a
little scepticism and a lot of trepidation I went anyway.
The day was like a carnival. The parade was lead by acrobats, jugglers and
a unicyclist, then a truck with somebody speaking all the way, and then the
marchers. My guess on numbers was over
2,000 in the march. I took Denise's
camera and ran ahead to look for good spots to film.
The march went along the main street of
Arusha for over 5kms and ended up at a soccer pitch. It was quite good as all traffic was ordered
off the road and stopped by the authorities while the march passed. It would have caused traffic chaos in and
around Arusha as that is the main road out of town to the safari parks.
Once the speeches began we decided to call
the bus and in the meantime take the 20 students to Picasso's, a nearby restaurant/cafe. We gave the students soda/soft drink and a
few plates of chips. It wasn't until we
were waiting for the chips that I realised this would have been a new
experience for most, if not all the student - being in a western
restaurant. It hit me when they asked
why the chips hadn't arrived after about 15mins. These kids are used to sitting down and the
meal is there. The manager even gave us
the plates of chips for no cost.
Saturday I had another day off
basketball. I did try to contact the
local association, but was advised the courts were out of action while they
were under construction until the end of the month. I'm not sure what that means, but I'll have
to check it out some time.
Oh well it's off for a hike and then watch
the NRL Grand Final live.
Until next time.
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