Sunday’s CSA trip was to Xiao Yu Dong Community Centre in Pengzhou. As usual, Mark Soper led the way.
A damp overcast morning in Chengdu didn’t curtail the enthusiasm of more than 20 CSA volunteers on our long-awaited return to Xiao Yu Dong. As usual, DouDou turned up with a big group from the South West University of Nationalities and we welcomed aboard a new group from Sichuan Normal University, organised by Jessica. Great work and many thanks to both!
Temperature-wise, it was a little cooler up in this village surrounded by awe-inspiring hills, but a quick walk-around to pick up the kids soon got us all warmed up. The warm-ups themselves involve splitting the kids and volunteers (and sometimes parents) into 3 lines of tunnelball, over and under, and rugby passing skills. It’s not often the bigger boys can concentrate long enough to stay in lines, but girls and smaller kids love the cooperative aspects of warm-up games. The boys love their rugby and basketball games later.
After 2 hours of play, everyone is hungry and it’s often sad saying bye-bye to the little ones who get so much entertainment out of a single morning. As ever, we can smile and know that we will be back to play with our friends another morning.
Tags: Chengdu Sports Aid, CSA, sport, volunteer, Xiao Yu Dong