Monday 4 August 2014

Pink toilets make their mark in Malawi

Hi from Jess and Flora.

Had another sunny day no rain :).

Breakfast was porridge, made slightly more exciting by the addition of golden syrup! We split into two teams; Jess's team stayed on site to finish plastering the school and Erin unfortunately suffered an assault from flying mortar (now fully recovered as Jem managed to wash the plaster out of her hair).

After breaking for mandazis, at which point George introduced the revaluation of peanut butter and jelly as a topping, we proceeded to paint the boots toilet block bright pink (we were aiming for peach, but with only red and white paint, our options were limited).

Flora's team set off to Mwandika, a neighbouring village, to visit the feeding centre where we played with the children, taught them some English and maths and then helped dish out the porridge.

We arrived back in time for lunch, regrouped and then made our way to the brick farm where we worked with some kids in a brick line.

After showers back at base Rachel and Ellie got to work cooking a delicious dinner whilst some of us went out to play football and netball with some of Manyenje youth-we got thrashed but everyone had fun..

We finished the day with pasta bolognase, enjoyed by all.

Stars today:

Caitlin for smiling and helping all day long.

Jess for helping others and grafting hard