Mwandi project and trek

We arrived in Mwandi on the 21st. We stayed at a campsite and had a meal for our first night. The next day we started our project. Everyone enjoyed meeting children as we walked to the house that we were working on. We had to attach logs to the foundations of the house using string. We did this all day, everyone worked well as a team. The next day we paused our project work and started our trek. Everyone loved spending most of our afternoon and evening playing with the children. Everyone got involved and played games. In the evening we were cooked a meal and then enjoyed singing to the locals around a fire and they sang back. On the Wednesday we walked to a new camp site owned by a couple called Geoffrey and Bridget, they were really welcoming. We all enjoyed a ‘bush experience’. In the evening they made us beef stew and we all asked questions around the fire. The next day we walked back to Paula’s camp which is where we stayed on the first night of the project, in the afternoon most of the group worked on the project more. Nibs, Belle and Mia went to work at the local school which they loved. On Friday we worked our last day on the project, this involved mudding; putting mud balls on the foundations. Everyone really enjoyed the project and trek, we all found it rewarding to feel like we were making a small difference to a family’s life.Written by Mia 🙂