Its crazy that at this time next week we’ll be back in the States! The past few weeks have really flown by. Since it’s the last week of school we’ve tried to plan some fun hands-on activities. We kicked off the week by making yarn bracelets with the class on Monday. The class size has been dwindling each day, with probably 15 or so students absent on Tuesday. Today is Malawi’s Independence Day so school was cancelled. We’ve heard that most students don’t come back to school after being off today so we pretty much celebrated the last day yesterday. We passed out the pictures we had developed and then each student was able to make a popsicle stick picture frame to put around it. They were so excited to see their pictures. The kids LOVE to have their picture taken and usually they only see it on the camera, so I know they were happy to be able to have their very own picture. It was definitely a great project to end with. After the frames were dry we passed out our last items we’d brought for the class. Lindsay had brought some VA pins and I had some Mardi Gras beads. There were of course cheers and clapping when we showed them what we brought and they loved posing for pictures with their new stuff.
Tomorrow we’re back at the schools to say bye to the class. McDonald invited us to his house for lunch, so Lindsay and I are excited for that and to meet his family. He’s been awesome to work with. Then the whole group heads to a Catholic church for some traditional dancing. After we walk back to M.I.E, which is right beside our school, for a good-bye dinner with all three universities and the teachers from the three schools that we’ve been working with. We head back to the schools Friday for a final assembly.
A full end to the week for sure!
Ashley FitzGerald
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