The rain was so intense last night it felt like it was building up to an explosion. But in the morning very little trace of the 6 inches that fell. Our breakfast was great , spicy sauces and fresh avocados with eggs. Delcios french bread as as well. We are being fed quite nicely. Today we had a dance class with Siku who went a little easier on us today lol, But the room is sweltering and so humid, No AC in dance room. We had class with staff and started a debate so they could speak aloud and practice. We had our one group of kids. We showed them a video and did a reading on hummingbirds. During break we met this lovely girl Kadisha who goes to the American school. She is part Guneain and part Moroccan, she is very smart and has appliedto several IVY schools in the states. Cornell is her top pick, She was here at Mindleaps for community service.
Guinea is the top producer of bauxite used for aluminum and other products. There are many cement ( they use bauxite) factories . China is their biggest customer, as well as most of the countries in the world that use bauxite hence some bridges are named after countries that financed the building - maybe for preferential bauxite treatment
More about Our last class are the kids- they are great! mixed levels of English proficiency. We have them for 2 hrs and broke up the time with games like zip zap zoop- which they did not kow how to play, Today I taught them simon says. They loved it! we playd like 4 times. I watched then during an earlier break playing sames that are universal and timeless, They were playing a version of dodge ball with a small homemade ball. They call it Balance Ball. Then I saw some kids playing hop scotch- they call it Sou-Sou name of Zato and then I saw girls using small pieces of rolled up paper or using small rocks to play what we would call Jax! they called it Concony another Sou-Sou word. I was struck by how kids are kids everywhere, These kids , like in Rwanda find ways and materials to be creative and play .
Ansoumane comes everyday for extra help in English- he is the assistant English teacher and wants s much to learn, I taught him the word tenaciouos today.
Electricity goes in and out, showers are cold but the hearts are warm. Enjoy todays photos
Sekou in our English class and our dance instructor
This is Djeinabou who I caught smiling she always looks serious. She is oe of the staff teachers
"Zato" hop scotch
Ansoumane helping one of the kids in class
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