To honour the start of the Rugby World Cup (In New Zealand!) today, Alan spent most of his time trying to introduce rugby to the Peruvian kids we’re currently working with. Rugby doesn’t exist within Peru. Volleyball, Basketball and Football are exceedingly popular, but no-one has even heard of our favourite sport. Before we left home, Alan bought three small sized rugby balls to bring along for the children. Their first experience of this “poleta loca” went surprisingly well with the kids squealing in delight each time the ball randomly bounced in a unpredictable direction. Here are my photos from today:
Teaching the kids to hold the ball
The girls enjoyed playing too
After a spectacularly energetic throw
Terry (age 5) deciding who to pass to
The girls practice their passing
Brayan's first attempt at a kick
Eydan prepares for a catch
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Great photos! That looks like quite a respectable pass between the two girls. I’d love to introduce the kids in Tarapoto to rugby — not sure how they’d take to it, but it would be fun to watch.
Cheers,
Tony.
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Yeah, some of the girls really got the hang of it quickly! I would love to have more time here to get them really capable of playing, but unfortunately, we only have the three weeks!
Great pictures I bet the kids are really enjoying themselves.
I love the last photo
hope you are still writing your blogs about your adventures and experiences, post one soon so us plebs in the uk can envy you both.
Hope you are well xxx
Thanks, I liked that one too! I’ve been so bad at writing my posts, I’ve barely found time to do any. But, fingers crossed there should be one today! Hope you’re well too! xx
hola Sarah y Alan, que grato ver las fotos de arequipa con los ninos de intiwawa, espero ques este yendo muy bien, yo regrese a alemania y he comenzado con el trabajo. les deseo un tiempo muy bonito y que la paseis bien.
edgard
Gracias Edgard! Espero tu trabajo es muy bien y es bueno estar en alemania otra vez! Vamos a volver a Arequipa la proxima semana y estamos muy emocionado ver los otra voluntarios. Es triste que tu no va a estar alli!
Hey It’s great to see what you guys are doing for those kids, also i’m happy to see that you introduced this kids to rugby.
Just a little thing, Rugby do exist in Peru, it’s not popular yet and a lot of people in the country haven’t heard about it, but it’s a sport that is growing fast. There are clubs in Lima, Tacna, Arequipa, Iquitos, Ilo and Trujillo.
My club, Newton-UPC “Flaming Lions”, do have a program that consist in teaching rugby to kids with low economical resourses in La Molina district (Lima). You can contact us http://www.flaminglions.org or peruvian rugby federation http://www.rugbyperu.org for anything you need.
Cheers and thanks for everything you are doing for those kids,