Tanzania (Part 2)

The second and final week of the worldschool hub was focused on art.

The kids went down to the river to collect clay, processed it, and made their own sculptures. Another day they recycled used paper and made awesome new sheets. They also made drinking cups from coconuts and decorated them which ended up being much more complicated than I would have imagined — I’m grateful to the visiting artisan who patiently managed it all. 

There was one big field trip to Arusha to visit Shanga (a social enterprise which employs people with disabilities to create jewelry and glassware) along with smaller trips to local pools; restaurants with playgrounds and room to run; and a trip in a tuk-tuk to the secondhand market for safari supplies. 

Mira also got some extra practice cutting hair on several brave adults and kids while Dev befriended the feisty cat and even made her a bed. We spent lots of time at the campfire — with live music our last weekend— and the kids watched movies in the yoga room. For the closing ceremony, the kids made and gave out gratitude cards for the staff which was lovely. 

Oh, and did we mention the scorpion? Well, it was about the size of a nickel so Mira was very lucky to see it before it took a jab at us. It was ready to fight!

We are off to safari tomorrow and the kids are excited to see the animals but also super disappointed we are going on a different one than the other families. I think that means the last two weeks were a big success!  We will all meet back at the hub for one night before departing Tanzania for Sri Lanka (via Dubai).