Early start again - we left at 7.30 to get to the pre-school. Hidden away in a very rural area with huge rice fields being ploughed in all directions it was hard to find the school building . It was slightly comical as the driver stopped to ask a man ploughing the field who nodded animatedly towards the road we were on suggesting it was straight ahead. After another few moments the driver stopped again and asked a busy woman with some cattle and she gestured with her chin that we needed to keep going straight ahead. After a few wrong turns and a few more nods from random people suggesting different directions, a kind man on a motorbike guided us towards the school building we were looking for.
We were by now well practiced in engaging young children - smoothly moving from circle time into mask making. The children were very excited when we got out the huge parachute and made our giraffe puppet dance. It was lovely to see smiles in their faces. We carefully noted what improvements the school needed - a broken slide, holes in the floor and made sure we left them with useful colouring pencils and resources. We then unexpectedly found ourselves being driven to the village area on the beach that was devastated by the Tsunami over 12 years ago. Quite moving to see the walls of roofless buildings still empty. Small dwellings have been built on the beach front
Shahana
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