Day 3
We had porridge for breakfast, which was a surprise for Ms. Shakes and especially for the teabag in her mug! After breakfast we went with James (a Partner Ghana staff member who we have been working with the last few days) who took us to see another partner school from Nottingham. It was great to be able to see a flourishing relationship which has been running for a few more years than us, and it helped is to visualise what could be possible in the years ahead of us; especially when we were shown around the schools project sites which were full under way; it was a positive indicator of the future of our own project.
Ms. Shakes was able to meet with the teachers, and got some new ideas for the trip in the future from an experienced team who gave us advice on how to get the best out of the partnership for both sides. The children at the school they were partnered with showed us all how to make a special type of bracelet, using Union flag colours for the rope and the colours of the flag of Ghana made the beads; this shows the partnership between our two countries. Everyone in the group was thrilled to bring back a piece of Ghana with us back to England that we helped to make. After returning and a light lunch we were back at St John’s with Rasta Kobi who taught djembe drumming and South African dancing! We quickly discovered our inner dancers and our moves proved to be extremely popular with the majority of the school as they watched on. Our buddies and us were too tired to notice our audience, but we were able to pant our enjoyment in-between breaths. Drumming with a Rastafarian like Kobe allowed us to really express ourselves through rhythm and music which was eagerly encouraged by Kobi.
