What do kids play in Congo?

• Play volleyball or basketball, in the larger towns
• Go fishing, canoeing, and swimming
• Climb trees
• Get fruit off of trees, especially mangoes and papaya
• Make whistles out of certain grasses and papaya branches
• Tease each other
• Make games out of work, have fun together even when working
• Ride bikes, if they can -- most kids don't have bikes, but if their parents have a bike, they want to learn to ride it
• Build small houses, especially at New Year's
• Make rhythm instruments like drums, shakers, bamboo rain sticks, etc.
• Watch a soccer game -- live (there's no TV)
• Watch big local events, even pastors' conferences, because it's something unusual and exciting
• There is a swing set and teeter-totter in one town (Bokonzo) that a PCP volunteer team put up, and the kids use it a lot, but other towns don't have that
• Eat candy - not a lot, because it costs money and is special

What they don't do

• Watch TV or movies or play video games (except that kids living in the capital city of Kinshasa might be able to go to movies)