Thursday 28th July

Thursday 28th July

This morning we went to the same school we went to yesterday except for Becca and Justine due to un-arrived baggage on Monday. We joined the school in their assembly and sung some songs and sang their national anthem. Our activity pairs got sent to spend time with different classes, we sung some more songs with them and read books with them. We even played cat and mouse with them with the parachute. We fed the children their porridge and we then spent some time with the girl guides at that school singing songs giving them badges and friendship bracelets. In the afternoon 6 people- 5 guides and 1 leader were sent to make some environmentally friendly stoves like yesterday and the rest of the group painted window frames in vibrant colours. In the evening we made are own pizzas in the pizza oven. We also had a band and we joined in with the music by singing and dancing with another group that was here with us from a school.


Becca and Justine bags were delayed, and so didn't arrive with everyone else's at the Malawian airport on Monday, therefore they have both been wearing other people's clothes, borrowing their toiletries and even their teddy bears!  So today they both went into Blantyre instead of the school to collect their bags from the airport. So to start their journey into the unknown they paid a visit to the South African Airways Office, where a surprise was waiting for them.  Thinking they were going in to find out where there bags were, they instead found out that there bags were sitting in the Airport waiting to be collected.  They both then traveled to the airport, where Becca hugged her bag, she was very happy!  Afterwards they went to the supermarket, super-rite, where they topped up on the essentials- like crisps and chocolate spread.  Before their return they got some chips from kips, the Malawian equivalent to McDonald's!
Becca

Today when we went to the school, Mia and I taught the youngest class 'head, shoulders,knees and toes' which they got quite quickly. We also read them two books and went through some animals with them and got them to do the animal noises. Mia and I also started doing cat and mouse with the children and in the end most of the other groups joined in. In the afternoon I joined in with the painting window frames as yesterday I had built a stove. There was children at the school we were painting window frames for, and they soon got friendly with us. I had a few following me around and wanting to high five or wave at me every 5 seconds and I then got more cuddles and attention when me and Lucy pulled out are cameras and they were so fascinated and wanted there pictures taken and especially fascinated with Lucy's Polaroid camera and argued about who had the picture afterwards. We then joined another school with pizza night and me and other guides in our group joined in with the dancing and singing. - Ellie.S.