Today was our final day of work - it was exhilarating, it was exhausting, it was inspiring. We had 20 Zambian teachers from 10 different communities here for an all day workshop - primarily community schools but we also had two guidance teachers from the local government school, Simon Kapwepke School.
In the morning, Lucia, Cheryl and Wendy (with help from Ruth and Norm) presented "the Tree of Life" - a collective narrative therapy technique developed in South Africa for use with traumatized children. The teachers were very active participants and were very positive about the workshop. They have been asking CWB for help with the psycho-social needs of their children - it was good to be able to respond.
In the afternoon Ruth presented a workshop on early literacy - the teachers ate up her every word. One teacher especially liked her method for teaching contractions. He kept laughing and repeating "would not, wouldn't, would not, wouldn't." It was a pleasure to be part of such fun learning!
After the workshop Amy, Jen, Eva, Zoe, Tessa and Danielle distributed supplies to the teachers - it was great fun
Tomorrow we go to Simukaka - forgive my spelling. I'm looking forward to seeing the African countryside! Lucia
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