An unscheduled stop to a school for disabled children. I was not prepared for the emotional reaction and struggled to hold back the tears for the entire time I was with them. In fact for the rest of the day I have been very tearful when thinking about the visit. The woman who started the school had her own disabled child - now grown up - and she has continued to develop the school. The local chief has donated a larger portion of land nearby and granted permission for a new building to be built for the school. This will mean that the children have a dormitory instead of sleeping on the schoolroom floor, access to running water and electricity and the dinner ladies don't need to light a fire to cook by, they can use a stove. Before we leave the children sing for us - a song about 10 little fingers and 10 little toes. One of the children clamps on to Susannah as we leave and the teacher has to prise him off - he wants to come back with us. It's a stretch of the imagination to go from the fundraising auction, "Art for Africa", being held in London at Sotheby's in September to this little disabled boy, but it reminds us why have got involved and why it makes a difference. It is worth getting it right.
