INF has a celebration of it's work every November. As part of the celebrations there are prizes for patients who win a series of competitions that are run the week before.
There were a variety of different competitions/races for people with different levels of ability. All provided a lot of entertainment for us all.
The first competition was throwing sandbags into a bin - the winner got 8/15!
Those in a wheelchair partook in a wheelchair race. Some wheelchairs are much more suited to the terrain and some people are far more used to using a wheelchair than others, some only just receiving a wheelchair or using a ward one. However, fun was had by all.
Many of the leprosy patients competed in a marble on the spoon race. Some found it rather hard to balance the spoon as they had no teeth!
Then it was the staff's turn. The women had their legs bound together and had to race there and back with crutches...
Once the women were finished the men went. However, the men had an added challenge. They had to carry a balloon to the other end, pop it by sitting on it, get up (with their feet tied together) and race back to the starting point. Just to make life more fun, where the balloons were to be popped, the bisi (water baffalo) had just walked and left some nice deposits leaving the spectators almost in tears of laughter!
There were plenty of spills, I think some people needed the crutches afterwards!
A wonderful Friday afternoon's entertainment!!!
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