EHS Zambia and Zimbabwe 2026

 This morning we all woke up at 6:30 to the sound of church bells, I loved it but Minnie not so much. Mornings are definitely not her thing, especially after 3 weeks of my singing to the sunrise. We all had breakfast, any leftovers were gladly taken in by Tim and Stan. Both of whom have been in a constant state of hunger the ENTIRE trip. We had a chilled morning with everyone playing extremely competitive hard games, chess, or listening to music. It has been so nice seeing everyone away from the constant distractions of phones, I think I have laughed more these past 3 weeks than I ever have.  The group who won the tournament then got to go out for ice cream, which sounded really delicious. We all then squished into taxis and sped off to Coach Henry's in the rural Mukuni Village. There we met his wife Tracy and very cute baby Heaven. He introduced to the traditional Zambian food they had prepared. There was okra, barbeque chicken and fish in a lovely tomato sauce. We also had t...

  Friday 24th July My day started at 6:50am. I woke up and checked the mouse traps before I took a quick 10 minute shower. We had eggs on toast for breakfast at 8am and got ready to go to the tournament. When we arrived at the tournament ground we played games and sang with the children until we got started. I reffed the 1st and 5th game, then it was time for the semi-finals. My team won, and one of the children scored the winning try. At 2:30 the tournament ended and my team ended up coming third. Then we went back to camp and had a chill afternoon. Written by Calin. Saturday 25th July We woke up at 7:30 for breakfast, I had baked beans on toast at Sizinda. We then travelled into Victoria Falls and crossed the border back in Zambia, where we saw one of the seven wonders of the world. We then drove to Fawlty Towers in Livingstone. That afternoon we went on a river cruise on the Zambezi where we cruised for 2 hours where we saw hippos and crocodiles swimming in the river and sitting...

 

  Tuesday 21 st Today I woke up at 6:30 and we had another rad breakfast which was toast and avocado. We then went to the local old peoples home to do our second day of community projects. I was doing plastering and it was really interesting and I think our group did well. We then drove back to the camp for pasta for lunch. We then went to training for the second day at the same school. It was hard work to get them to understand the rules properly but interested to get to know them. We were kindly gifted a drum from my groups school and travelled all the way back with it. When we arrived back home we were sitting on the benches and we suddenly saw a swarm of 1000 or more bees buzzing towards us! Everyone ran away as they swarmed towards the drum and went instead. We have no idea why that happened but we think there must have been some magical curse on the drum. However Brian and Mpala came and wrapped it in plastic and took it away. In the evening we played a game that was like M...

  First day in Zimbabwe! Today we woke up later than we have been at it was amazing! I woke up at 6:20 so that I could get in the showers before everyone else, but it was much better than the usual 5:30 breakfast. I then got ready for breakfast with the girls in my room, Layla, Kitty, Holly and Millie. Then we got called down for breakfast which was toast, scrambled egg, fruit and porridge. A nice change from cereal. I got porridge and flooded it with treacle syrup, it tasted amazing but still didn’t have enough sugar. After that we headed out for our day. We were going to the old peoples home for our community projects and schools for coaching. On the way to the old peoples home Millie and I were doing Layla and Holly’s hair whilst singing songs on the bus. Once everyone arrived we got put into our new groups. My new group has Freya, Alice, Dylan, Kitty, Layla, Olivia and Ilana in it and our first duty was painting! We got very messy but it was so much fun. After we have finis...

Saturday Our last day in Zambia today before we move onto Zimbabwe. We had our second tournament in Zambia at Sosco, which went really well. So far I've been having a really great time it has been such a cool experience seeing the schools and meeting so many nice people. I'm missing you all so much and cannot wait to tell you all about my trip when I'm home, love you Mum, Dad and Teddy. Written by Kitty.  We started the day an hour later than planned as Dylan accidentally set the alarm for 5:30 instead of 4:30! Breakfast was at 5:30 and we had planned to shower before hand but we had to rush around to get ready instead. I enjoyed a warm hot chocolate and bowl of cornflakes, a great way to start the day. We left at 7:00 and drove with our kit to the tournament at Sosco school for the community clubs from the local area. We set up the pitches and created all the teams that had travelled in from 15 different clubs. We marked their hands with tipex so we could know their teams....