Monday March 23, 2015
We woke up drenched in sweat, ready to start the day. The night was hot but we got right to work. We had a quick breakfast and then began the log painting process. We painted another maze, 10 problem-solving boxes, the alphabet on the wall, 6 fruits in the lunch room, a 10x10 grid of numbers 1-100, and 9 different animals. We painted a fish, snake, cow/yak, rabbit, fox, peacock, elephant, and a local bird called a bee eater. The room was filled with paint fumes so we took a break and went to a few different places that work with Timbaktu. We went to the weaving building where we watched them make different cloths by hand. We went to the processing station where they process grains and make peanut products. We then went to the Timbaktu women’s co-op where the women in the group deposit money to an account and if one needs money she gets the group’s approval, and they give her money to start a business or something like that. As the business grows she slowly begins to pay back to the co-op. We traveled back to Timbaktu, finished our paintings, cleaned the classroom and went to dinner. After dinner we talked about the plan for the next two days and what people learned from doing service projects. Many said they enjoyed the kids looking in the window with excitement on their faces. We also enjoyed the thanks of the principal of the Timbaktu school. We are looking forward to start digging the sand pit and finishing the paintings in the lunch room.
~Angelique
We woke up drenched in sweat, ready to start the day. The night was hot but we got right to work. We had a quick breakfast and then began the log painting process. We painted another maze, 10 problem-solving boxes, the alphabet on the wall, 6 fruits in the lunch room, a 10x10 grid of numbers 1-100, and 9 different animals. We painted a fish, snake, cow/yak, rabbit, fox, peacock, elephant, and a local bird called a bee eater. The room was filled with paint fumes so we took a break and went to a few different places that work with Timbaktu. We went to the weaving building where we watched them make different cloths by hand. We went to the processing station where they process grains and make peanut products. We then went to the Timbaktu women’s co-op where the women in the group deposit money to an account and if one needs money she gets the group’s approval, and they give her money to start a business or something like that. As the business grows she slowly begins to pay back to the co-op. We traveled back to Timbaktu, finished our paintings, cleaned the classroom and went to dinner. After dinner we talked about the plan for the next two days and what people learned from doing service projects. Many said they enjoyed the kids looking in the window with excitement on their faces. We also enjoyed the thanks of the principal of the Timbaktu school. We are looking forward to start digging the sand pit and finishing the paintings in the lunch room.
~Angelique
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