Day 10 CPD in Katewe

Travelling to Katewe for CPD

Bicycle ready (with padding) to take me to Katewe Teacher Development Centre 

Unfortunately the phone signal was not good and internet connection was intermittent. However we did manage to downlaod all their photos and learn about Word and e-mail accounts.

Vincent spoke about the training he had received from the British Council

The TDC is about half an hours bike ride away and the PEA is based here (Primary Education Advisor) and we had the use of a dongle.

There was tea (with lots of sugar) and biscuits for all who attended.  It was a very good attendance considering that this was during the school holidays

On the way back the chain broke on the bicycle so we had to walk. Obviously I had had too many biscuits!

Malawi women ride side saddle on the back of bicycles.

It had been a good day. The rest of the day was spent at the market, playing games with children and eating food at teachers' houses.Tomorrow I have been invited to Lucius's house in the village. He is the chief of over 30 villages.

Making a macrame bracelet prototype

Breakfast of tea with condensed milk and sweet potatoes

Fish stall at the market

Leo and Anna

Leo demonstrates hand washing outside the toilet. All the school toilets now have handwashing stations made from plastic bottles

Colline, Anna, Jaqueline and Promise and me

New toilet blocks at the school. Three for the boys and three for the girls and toilets for the staff too.

Pig at the market

Cooking sweet potatoes on the fire. They are delicious steamed.

Vincent's family (without Christopher)

weighing maize at the market

A cactus outside Sara and Daniel's house

Colline tries the chips

Colline with false nose

Lessinya's father was a tailor and she sews clothes to sell at the market. She made two skirts and a blouse that afternoon as Anna watches

Local shop

Buying doughnuts

Fabric at the market 1200 MK each

We wandered through the market

Collecting water. The village now has two bore holes.