So today was the big day to to see if this really does all work in Mafia schools!  Well, we know it does as it worked last year, but I hadn’t seen it myself yet, and most importantly neither had any of today’s teachers – some of who were still skeptical that it would work! And they…

The cool thing about travelling is learning the different ways people do things. And one of the really cool things in Africa is the concept of “elders” older (usually) guys who have real gravitas in the community, speak in almost Yoda like wisdom and softness. So today I learnt it’s actually quite common to lose…

As education in most countries is still very much old fashion grammar, rote learning and “chalk & talk” whenever I do workshops abroad I always seem to have lots of people wanting to see what I do.  In Thailand it was the Education Minister and today it was the District Commissioner and also the gentleman…

It’s amazing how the days get shorter once you settle into a place and you know where you are going, seeing familiar faces, on the morning walk. (The construction workers made me take their photo every time I passed by!) I have three groups of teachers to train this week.  The volunteer teachers are from…