Kids play

With the government-required shutdown, life for kids at Urukundo is different.

December 2019: Ready to play basketball. Aline, David, Claude and Soso. Good friends.

December 2019: Ready to play basketball. Aline, David, Claude and Soso. Good friends.

December 2019: Our secondary kids were home. All from different schools. It was good to be together again and to play together. Looking forward to April 2020 and normal school recess.

Shirt is the only thing that stayed the same. David wears it here.

Shirt is the only thing that stayed the same. David wears it here.

April 2020 is different. One big field, one alone boy. Where are my friends? So sad.

David’s shirt in December 2019 is on Claude in April 2020.

Couldn’t have planned it.

Basketball one-on-one can be fun, but only one is no fun.

Basketball one-on-one can be fun, but only one is no fun.

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What does a short guy do? Just ask Soso. He could pretend he is tall. Well, that does not work so well. Pretending does not make it so.

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Claudine joins Claude. OK, two are better than one with a basketball.