December 11, 2014
This weekend I traveled to Nairobi to order the brand new
basketball systems that I successfully fundraised over $1000 to order. Thanks
to all those who donated to this amazing project! Luckily the Village had a car
in Nairobi early in the week so we were able to pick up the hoops just a few
days after the order went in. In addition, we raised enough money to buy new
Spalding basketballs that should last a long time. Today was installation day!
I gathered together the basketball coach as well as members of the high school
basketball team to help with assembly. It only took us a couple of hours to get
everything together. First we had to get some tools from the Polytechnic and
read the extensive manual but after some trial and error we got the first
system together. After that putting together the second system was easy. It was
great that the boys helped out and got it done so quickly. Now the court is
ready to be played on!
Assembly
Old vs. new
Some team members
Our court
On another note, on Monday I am flying back to Boston for
Christmas! I’m very excited to get back to some cold weather; it has been super
hot in the Village the last couple weeks. It will be great to see family and
friends as well!
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