Well our adventure has come to an end! What a wonderful time we have all had getting to know and working with a bunch of wonderful people!! This will be my final blog post as I'm currently writing from Toronto airport. Apologies for the long space of time since the last post, but the internet was unreliable where we were in Guwahati and the last number of days it just wasn't cooperating.
The last couple of days in Guwahati had the participants giving presentations of their learnings with an emphasis on how to present the strategies to other teachers. They did a great job - exactly the types of presentations we have been looking for over the last 4 weeks. Here are some shots of our final week's participants doing some group work.
...and some original posters from our Girl's Education section...
While our participants were working, there was work going on outside the building we were in. This series of pictures shows the human labour that's required to drill piling holes, pull the auger out of the ground and get rid of the muck. Unfortunately, it saddened us that this was a school day and the "muck haulers" were kids that certainly should have been in school.
At the end of the week there were the requisite closing ceremonies, speeches, singing and dancing. Too bad it was the last time we'll experience that for a while!
Then it was time to wing our way back to Delhi from Guwahati with some breathtaking views of the Himalayas.
After some last minute shopping in Delhi, we started the long, long trek home. Fortunately in Toronto we had just enough time to enjoy a sloppy burger (that I had been dreaming about for weeks)! It was very tasty!!
Thank you to each of you for following along with the blog whenever you had the chance. I certainly enjoyed reflecting on the work and bringing back to consciousness the many wonderful memories that were made there and the great friendships that were begun. Take Care!
The last couple of days in Guwahati had the participants giving presentations of their learnings with an emphasis on how to present the strategies to other teachers. They did a great job - exactly the types of presentations we have been looking for over the last 4 weeks. Here are some shots of our final week's participants doing some group work.
While our participants were working, there was work going on outside the building we were in. This series of pictures shows the human labour that's required to drill piling holes, pull the auger out of the ground and get rid of the muck. Unfortunately, it saddened us that this was a school day and the "muck haulers" were kids that certainly should have been in school.
At the end of the week there were the requisite closing ceremonies, speeches, singing and dancing. Too bad it was the last time we'll experience that for a while!
Then it was time to wing our way back to Delhi from Guwahati with some breathtaking views of the Himalayas.
After some last minute shopping in Delhi, we started the long, long trek home. Fortunately in Toronto we had just enough time to enjoy a sloppy burger (that I had been dreaming about for weeks)! It was very tasty!!
Thank you to each of you for following along with the blog whenever you had the chance. I certainly enjoyed reflecting on the work and bringing back to consciousness the many wonderful memories that were made there and the great friendships that were begun. Take Care!
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