Our first visit to the creches of Munsieville

Dumela
(already picking up the local lingo)
Started our third day with a meeting with the fabulous Betty who is a never ending font of information and after great deliberation in GSK style with flip charts /objectives/ outcomes etc we hit the road to visit the creches of Munsieville which we have heard so much about over the last few months.
Split into pairs( those of you can work out there is also a group of three) off we followed Betty to the various destinations to be let loose on the 'Mamas"
I had obviously got the better deal working with Tim, we had two very open and honest hosts happy to show us around, very proud of their children.
One certainly came up as creme de la creme or 5 star.
Miranda's crech was the shining example of what you can do, and seeing the hard work and effort she and her ladies had put in made us very happy that we had the opportunity to speak with her and hear how passionate she was for her children in her care.
At the the end of the day meeting we realise just how lucky we had both been as the our other team members , Julia, Robert, Donna, Candy and Mary witnessed the less then appropriate creches where not only lack of funds but motivation and drive to improve seems to be the biggest barriers to make the necessary changes for the better.
This has only made us more determind to carry on and see what really are the root problems and how we can encourage things to change to support exactly what Project Hope, UK wants for the children of Munsieville, allowing them to grow into healthy, productive adults when they receive the right encouragement, mentoring and technical support. The next two days will be extremely busy as preparations are in full flow for the opening of the Childrens Embassy, watch this space on how it is coming along and the opening ceremony on Friday 2nd December.