fun at the workshop....

Hello everyone,

Its been a hectic week as we finished off our workshop on Saturday. This week we were blessed to have another District Social Worker as a facilitator - as you can see on the right he is quite tall - Enala and myself were feeling rather small this week!!

Saturday was the finale when the participants presented what they had learnt during the workshop and we had an official closing with Mr Gadaga as our guest of honour.

During the workshop we had a lot of fun - Anderson was a real 'character' - very vocal and very entertaining.

Suzzy is demonstrating how children make a maize mill (where the maize is ground into flour called ufa) as they play outside.

Some of the learning materials the participants made from locally available materials (i.e. what we would term rubbish).

Fun with outdoor games......

and finally, all the participants with their certificates - I am not there - I was taking the photo!!

So, its been a good workshop - we had a lot of fun and the caregivers have gained a lot of knowledge in Early Childhood Development.

This coming week on 17th another demonstration has been organised countrywide. This is because the President has not responded to any of the requests made at the last mass demonstration on 20 July where many people lost their lives. A 48 hour vigil is being organised in each city - it is to be peaceful and prayerful. Please pray that this will be the case. Check out Nyasatimes on the web if you want updates. There is tension in Mzuzu - shops which were looted at the last demonstrations have been replacing windows with sheets of tin, or building them up with bricks. It does not help the look of the city much!

Please continue to pray for our country - God can still work miracles!!

Blessings

Diane