Friday 29th July

Finding dory comes out today - no spoilers please! After another Chichewa lesson we are all improving, and we have learnt how to barter which should come  in handy tomorrow in the market. Then we climbed into the alphabet bus and took the journey to the school for the final day of activities with the children. We had more intimate groups today as there were fewer children there. Seeing the children's excited faces when playing parachute games was amazing but being thrashed at netball by the Malawi girl guides wasn't so great.
Unfortunately, after serving porridge it was time to say goodbye to the school. The headmaster gathering the children together and making a thank you speech was very heartwarming but made us sad that we had to leave. We gave the school a book full of photos of the children and the bunting we made with the guides as a parting gift.
After lots of hugs and waves we returned to fisherman's rest for lunch. As some of us were very tired, Kay gave us the option to stay for rest or fix another bore hole. Those who chose to rest explored the local scenery or just slept for the whole afternoon! Kira, Ellie, Alice, Millie and Pearl fixed the bore hole, which was further away from where we have been before. In the centre of lots of mud huts the area was more rural. The local community came out to help, carrying our tools and pipes and sang us a welcome song; they were so happy to have us there. The village boys were staring, but once we got water out of the pump everyone cheered. The boys and guides helped put it back together whilst the village people spoke English to us. As we were leaving the boys asked Millie for her phone number but she kindly declined.
Everyone showered up and once  Grace and Julia  returned from food shopping in the market we had a very yummy dinner of stew and mash. Some of us took down tents for tomorrow in the dark whilst the others cleaned up.
In the evening we all chilled before discussing our trash and treasures then talking about what is going on this weekend.
Overall, another great day!

Mia, Kira and Millie