Today was the first of our CADs, the day was really successful and we were all suitably tired and hungry by the end. We traveled to a local primary school that two of our team are working at. The aim of the day was to white wash the special unit classroom so that the volunteers could paint educational designs on the walls with the children during their weekly visits. As well as the painting we wanted to use the opportunity to promote integration between the special unit and mainstream children so we arranged activities that involved everyone. There were some sketchy improvisations of games and a lot of translation needed. A local NGO called Moving the Goalposts was also present and spoke to the children’s parents to try to recruit more girls for their program that works to empower the girls through football. So we used the opportunity to discuss with the parents a few issues such as child rights, family planning etc, well that’s what I think they were talking about as it was all in Swahili and then translated into the local mother tongue as well, I had no hope.
Anyway… here are some photos.
Before
After, the difference was slightly more in real life.
Face Paint (ish)
1, 2, get in a circle, 3, 4, a big big circle.
Engaging the parents.
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