World Cup Africa

World Cup is finally here and everyone is ready for the matches to start! The hype has dominated TV and radio for months, counting down the days to kickoff. Some volunteers got tickets and are traveling to Jo'berg to participate in the events and watch some of the games in person. At our school all the teachers pitched in about $5 each to buy a television and install a parabolic antenna so we can have a place to watch the action together. We had to rearrange our entire teachers' lounge, clearing out our vice-principals desks to maximize viewing area. We are just worried power might go out during one of the matches. Although electricity has been relatively steady the part few weeks, usage will spike during the football broadcasts. Since Mozambique didn't qualify for the tournament people are cheering for different African sides, like Ivory Coast, or fellow Portuguese speakers Brazil, but mostly people are just looking forward to a lot of good soccer.