The Kondwa school is enclosed with big cement brick walls. There are a few murals on some of the panels but most are blank. Angela said she would love if if we could paint some of them while we were here. Since Hillary has the talent and I'm great at following directions we decided that this would be a great way to get us started at the school without anyone feeling like they had to look over us.
We drove to the paint store with Angela and purchased some paint for the project. We used some of the money that was donated to us for our trip. So thank you to everyone that has helped us with our fundraising. We can't wait to show you the photos.
We decided to paint a few butterflies that round a corner and a HUGE heart with wings which we both love at the end of the playground. We're also working on a community of kids playing with a rainbow etc....and we made a happy sunshine that you see when you walk into the school.
There are a lot of kids that come to Kondwa to hang out for lunch (most of them are Kondwa graduates) or they wanted to see what we were doing. They were DYING to paint with us....we had to let them. They were so cute! The next thing we knew there was paint everywhere! They filled in the heart ...dripped all over their heads and clothes no matter how hard we tried to help them out.....they still managed to make a mess....I fit in perfectly.
I think my favorite part about painting with the kids was afterwards....when they needed to wash off. There's hardly any water around for bathing and no clean water in the compound that I know of. I was carrying the paint bucket full of brushes and paint back to dump to refill with fresh water. Before I could get to the trash the kids were bathing in it..dumping it on their heads and washing their hands...I quickly stopped them and brought back fresh water from the sink.
They're not allowed to use the facilities because they're for the school children. So I helped wash off their dirty painted bodies. Anywhere you could put paint they had it....their heads, eyebrows, hair clothes, shoes & feet (most of the children don't have shoes). They let me help them get clean and they were so happy. I did sneak the littlest girl with the wiry crazy braids to the bathroom to get a little sink bath....she's 3 ...her name is Diana....so cute....I decided not to wash her legs or feet because they would be dusty in 2 seconds running around. It's amazing how unfazed the kids are because its all they know. One little boy was pretty upset because someone got paint on the back of his shorts....I did the best I could to help get it off....I'm sure it was probably one of the only pairs he had.
We were so excited to have shared the mural project with the kids. It was a colorful day...gia
We drove to the paint store with Angela and purchased some paint for the project. We used some of the money that was donated to us for our trip. So thank you to everyone that has helped us with our fundraising. We can't wait to show you the photos.
We decided to paint a few butterflies that round a corner and a HUGE heart with wings which we both love at the end of the playground. We're also working on a community of kids playing with a rainbow etc....and we made a happy sunshine that you see when you walk into the school.
There are a lot of kids that come to Kondwa to hang out for lunch (most of them are Kondwa graduates) or they wanted to see what we were doing. They were DYING to paint with us....we had to let them. They were so cute! The next thing we knew there was paint everywhere! They filled in the heart ...dripped all over their heads and clothes no matter how hard we tried to help them out.....they still managed to make a mess....I fit in perfectly.
I think my favorite part about painting with the kids was afterwards....when they needed to wash off. There's hardly any water around for bathing and no clean water in the compound that I know of. I was carrying the paint bucket full of brushes and paint back to dump to refill with fresh water. Before I could get to the trash the kids were bathing in it..dumping it on their heads and washing their hands...I quickly stopped them and brought back fresh water from the sink.
They're not allowed to use the facilities because they're for the school children. So I helped wash off their dirty painted bodies. Anywhere you could put paint they had it....their heads, eyebrows, hair clothes, shoes & feet (most of the children don't have shoes). They let me help them get clean and they were so happy. I did sneak the littlest girl with the wiry crazy braids to the bathroom to get a little sink bath....she's 3 ...her name is Diana....so cute....I decided not to wash her legs or feet because they would be dusty in 2 seconds running around. It's amazing how unfazed the kids are because its all they know. One little boy was pretty upset because someone got paint on the back of his shorts....I did the best I could to help get it off....I'm sure it was probably one of the only pairs he had.
We were so excited to have shared the mural project with the kids. It was a colorful day...gia
