This week we are joined on our summer school projects by Bancroft School. With the help of this driven group of high school volunteers, the children at Damas are currently getting to interact with many new people, and the school will have a new classroom in just 2 short weeks! I’ve been very impressed with the hard work and stick-to-it-ness of the students, especially in the heat!

 

Today was an especially fun day because we taught the children how to make tye-die t-shirts with fabric markers and rubbing alcohol.

 

 

 

 

 

Then, we played some pin-the-tail on the donkey, loads of English games, and ended with a competitive dodgeball tournament.

 

 

 

 

After one warm-up game, the kids were ready to take on the volunteers in dodgeball. They quickly captured the balls from the center of the court, worked hard on getting the volunteers sent to dodgeball jail, and freed their teammates. I was especially impressed that the kids wanted to free all their teammates from jail before getting the last volunteer out and winning the game. According to one of the girls, “we should all win together.”

 

 

We ended the day with the kids modeling their new t-shirts.

 

 

 

 

It was a truly special day and I look forward to many more.