First Day of Training

After a bit of a slow start, we arrived at the school and were greeted at the bus by some of the Guides. When we got the classroom, they all started singing, which was incredible and so welcoming. The girls we are training range from seven years old to about fifteen. After setting the rules and playing a few ice breakers, we split them into two groups. 

Charity, Thea and Sarah worked with the older group of girls. We taught them lots of new songs from the UK, and they taught us some of their songs, which were incredibly fun and involved a lot of dancing. The girls were excited and seemed to really enjoy the trainings.

For lunch we had our first encounter of maize which most of us enjoyed. We also had beef stew, potatoes, rice and cabbage. After lunch we carried on with trainings.

Lucy, Lyndsey and Ruth were with the younger group. They were Brownie age and very enthusiastic with excellent English. They made friendship bracelets in the colours of the Malawi flag and Union jack. 

At the end of the day, we all got back together and sung a few Malawian songs. We got a minibus back to the city, with a chicken of course. Every bus has one!!