Talking of Fire, earlier in the week we noticed the atmosphere was very grey – so much so that we couldn’t see the nearby extinct volcano, Muhabura. It wasn’t caused by grey clouds, but the whole air seemed to be grey. Someone commented that this was unusual, and usually meant that one of the volcanoes further down the ‘Muhabura’ chain was erupting. A quick check on the Internet proved them correct. One of the volcanoes in the Congo has been erupting since last November, described as’ ‘monstrous’ and ‘the worst for 100 years’ by the National Geographic Magazine and Guardian Newspaper. However, it is erupting from a fissure low down on the slopes and is not visible from here. The papers report that no people or villages are at risk, the protected mountain gorillas are safe and probably have a good view, but that a family of chimpanzees are at risk! Poor chimpanzees!
Not to be outdone Malcolm lit one of his regular bonfires to burn household waste, which produced so much smoke he thought he might compete with the volcano. It reminded us that whilst in UK we watched on daytime tv ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ which focussed on thoughtless individuals causing environmental damage by lighting bonfires in their gardens. We had better watch out for the Environment Inspectors.
Malcolm has spent most of the week at Potter’s Village Crisis Centre for children trying to sort out their computers – he managed to ‘destroy’ one laptop. He also met some of the babies, such as Doree.
Irene has been sorting out the tailoring materials and equipment donated by our friends at Emmanuel Church, Chesham. The tailoring school at the Diocese Vocational Training Centre has few resources, the students usually making clothes out of paper sacks due to the lack of materials. 3 of the 4 suitcases we brought on the flight from Britain contained items donated to the Training Centre, and some of these were in packages of ribbons, needles, zips etc wrapped for individual students. They were thrilled to receive them.
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