the day in the life

St. Lawrence’s and St Luke’s visit to

MALOSA, MALAWI

When?... July 24th – August 8th 2014

MALOSA

TODAY

A day in the life of ….

Esnart in Malawi and

Joe in the UK

Time to get up!

It is 5 o’clock in the morning in Malawi and 11 year old Esnart is up collecting water

It is 5 o’clock in the morning in the UK ….

,,, and 11 year old Joe is fast asleep!

6am

Esnart helps her mother with the chores before she can go to school

Joe is still asleep!

6.30

Esnart starts to get ready for school. She washes and puts on her uniform

Joe is still asleep!

6.45

Esnart is now ready to walk to school which starts at 7.30, she is one of the lucky ones!!

6.45 and Joe’s alarm goes off.

He gets up, showers and puts on his uniform.

He quickly eats breakfast as he has to catch the school bus.

7.30

Esnart helps sweep and clean the school

Joe meets his mates at the bus stop and they catch the school bus together.

School starts

Esnart and her friends in their classroom. Some lesson are outside as there is not enough room

Joe has science, ICT and basketball and is pleased when it is break as he is starving!

Breaktime/lunchtime

Esnart gets a half an hour break mid morning which will be a drink of water.

Esnart goes home for lunch

Joe has break in the canteen with his mates

… and is still ravenous at lunchtime when he is back in the canteen again!

The Afternoon

In the afternoon, Esnart continues with her schooling. This afternoon her class have all their lessons inside the classroom.

Likewise, Joe is hard at work … this afternoon, he has Spanish in the school’s language lab.. and English.

After SchoolAfter school, Esnart helps

her mother with the chores and then..

Joe stays after school for football practice. The goes home watches TV and plays on his XBox

And so their day ends…Goodnight!!

After her meal of nsima ( a sort of porridge) Esnart will do her homework and then to bed at 8 o’clock as the light fades.

After his meal of pizza and chips, Joe spends the rest of his evening doing his homework then on his xbox and mobile phone

Their futures?