and now for the children

A little boy plays with a bicycle tire and a stick to keep it rolling, another sits up on a hill to keep various creatures, such as monkeys, out of the planted fields, children with hoes over their shoulders to spend a day with their mothers in the fileds, boys and girls in school uniforms walking on unpaved roads, often at a distance, sometimes barefooted, holding hands to get an education, and carrying yellow containers to fetch water for their family.  Peggy and I were enchanted by the faces of the children we encountered during our time in Uganda and Rwanda.  If only children in the US realized how much they have and take for granted.  Now for some photos:

School children performed native dances for us....these girls balanced baskets on their head while dancing !