Shamalindi

I got up early and went for another walk.  After breakfast we headed out of town to the farm school they have named Shamalindi.

When we arrived, there were children waiting for us at the entrance, and they put on a special greeting song and dance!  They pinned a welcome flower to each of us too!

Despite their incredible welcome, they were a shy lot.  A tough crowd but only with the theory.  As soon as we got outside, they were full of beans.  Their teacher is an amazing woman who kept breaking out into song and getting the kids all revved up.  I am in awe of this woman.  She sings like a diva and doesn't care if she makes a fool of herself, which she actually doesn't, she can just be so funny.  The kids aboslutely adore her I can tell.  She gets them all singing along to her wonderful songs, and it injects energy and enthusiasm into them. 

We took them outside and built the beginnings of garden beds but they need more manure to continue.  We dug the pond.  We go back today to complete, with some more supplies.

On our way home that afternoon, we gave some of the kids a lift in the back of the truck.