In our neighbourhood and community there are A LOT of kids - actually there's a lot of kids everywhere in Uganda. Which is something I love.
Even though sometimes they are afraid of the white girl ( especially little ones)
And we often can't communicate with the language barrier - love has no barriers - neither does laughing and playing.
Kids are kids and wherever they are in the world they love to laugh, be silly and have fun.
We have kids directly on all sides of our place plus our two landlords girls who are live right with us almost.
But there are 100s and 100s of kids surrounding our place within walking distance.
Recently I sat outside and painted the nails of our landlords girls one afternoon.
I wasn't well so spending time with them cheers me up.
They have only had their nail polished twice - and the first time was by me as well - they love it.
After we finished painting our nails we just sat in the sun drying our nails.
Janice ( the older one) and I try and chat ( her English is ok because she is at school ) and JOOVIA who is my little shadow many days.
Joovia doesn't speak English but is very good at copying me and does this - when I introduced myself I pointed to myself and said LEAH - so now she always points to herself and says LEAH LEAH LEAH as she points to herself - hahaha
After sitting there in the sun - late afternoon the kids all have finished school and their chores and are wandering around - before too long I was surrounded by about 25kids who all live within 3 minute walk of our house.
All afternoon they danced and sang for me and watched themselves on the videos I took of them.
They were shy at first but that doesn't take long to overcome.
I got some fantastic footage of them singing and playing.
I got some fantastic footage of them singing and playing.
There's a few links at the bottom to some videos from the kids - gorgeous and worth watching
PAINTING THE GIRLS NAILS - LOOK AT THOSE SMILES
Some of the kids who came to see me
Not one of them had ever heard of Australia !
Little Jimmy who lives next door- I see him a lot - he and Joovia follow me around a lot. He is quiet and so so gentle - you can see on his arms he has been burnt - his chest is also burnt and he can't move it well.
This happened in a fire in a hut when he was a baby
Sadly this is not uncommon
Little Joovia - my shadow some days - she has a little feisty personality :) she's fantastic but I'm sure a handful too for her parents - especially the house girl who looks after her most of time.
Here she's trying the cake I made in our camping pot and cuddling the dolly we bought from Australia to give away.
She loves it
A GAME I PLAY WITH JOOVIA AND LITTLE SARAH IS TO MAKE FUNNY SOUNDS AND FACES AND THEY COPY - WELL JOOVIA IN PARTICULAR HAS TAKEN THIS TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND HAS ADDED ALL HER OWN NOW
WATCH THIS VIDEO AND SEE THE GORGEOUS SARAH AND JOOVIA PLAYING THIS GAME WITH ME
TAKE NOTE OF JOOVIA'S FUNNY THINGS - SHE MADE THOSE UP FOR ME TO COPY - AND WATCH HOW SHE IS WHEN SHE SAYS LEAH - SHE POINTS TO HERSELF
wHEN I FILMED THEM I HAD CAMERA FACING THEM SO THEY WERE WATCHING THEMSELVES AND SEEING THEIR FRIENDS TOO
THIS GORGEOUS BOY was sitting next to me and just breaks out in song all on his own - he had best facial expressions
He didn't understand English but we communicated through actions and laughter
My GRANDFATHER WAS KNOWN FOR MAKING THE POPPING SOUND WITH HIS CHEEKS - EVEN THE GREAT GRAND CHILDREN WHO WERE ONLY TODDLERS WHEN HE PASSED REMEMBER HIM DOING THIS.
THIS IS A VIDEO OF THE KIDS SEEING THEMSELVES ON THE VIDEO FOR FIRST TIME AND AS I TAUGHT THEM TO MAKE THE SOUND WITH THEIR MOUTH.
WATCH THE KIDS EYES WHEN THEY SEE THEMSELVES ON THE VIDEO
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