The Audacity of Travel

Monday - Today is a public holiday, so the school was not in session. It was a public holiday as a festival was being held. Ronny Explained to us that there are so many festivals held, that you would need 2 years to accommodate each festival. Ronny is from Belgium, and will be staying with us, helping coordinate our projects for the first month. The other person who Debbie and I will be heavily working with is Mani, pronounced very similar to money, which is how she told us to remember haha. We had a meeting today with all the staff members, where we were formally introduced to all of them as well as them being introduced to us. We also discussed our future roles, which will be including engaging in a mutual learning/teaching experience with the SEDS school and school teachers. Debbie will most likely be in particular working with the woman's empowerment group, including, but not limited to, textile factory and bio-gas. I will hopefully be primarily engaging with both some of

Sunday - Waking up, it was a fairly relaxed day. Sunday are our days off. Debbie and I did some washing and reading in the morning. Penukonda Hill We ended up going into the Penukonda markets, a fruit and veg market where people from all over come to buy their needs. There were of course, some other nick-nacks being sold as well, such as the popular colours for various festivals. Clumsier than a Bull in a Fruit Market Grains and Spices Sweet Sweets Markets and Penukonda Hill Fresh 'Erbs Ronny at the Cinemas Photograph Me Please. Colours for Sale Measurements Yes, Please Bangles and What Not Blessed Bangles More Delicious Spices A Literal Butt Load of Chilli's Fresh Fine Fashion Straight Out of the Movies At First Only the Brave Would Ask Then the Many Would Sit Sharpening Scissors Crafting Deliciousness Beautiful Buildings

Saturday - Woke up today to find that the staff meeting planned had been cancelled due to a matter in town,  due to a land encroachment issue. This took up most of Manil's day, but luckily she had all the support of her staff. With the change of plans, Ronny showed us a detailed inspection of the textile factory. The textile factory is a factory empowering women, by providing a space of employment for women to craft. They also educate women from different villages how to craft so that they may tailor their own wares, or add an additional source of income to their household. SEDS School and Textile Factory The Women's Workforce Basha Bachie Needs Photo's Too Beautiful Crafts, Made by the Women The Women's Sewing Equipment After the textile factory, we went to the SEDS school. With Debbie in class (grade) 5 and myself in class (grade) 4, we attempted to teach the kids some English there. However, at least in my class, there was little st