malawi: TTD Part 1

We had an awesome teacher training day last Friday…It was a religious holiday (Good Friday ) so we only had 65 teachers out of 90 show-up…we were hoping all of the teachers would be able attend but understood why the 28 didn’t…having the new DI’s there made a world of difference…one of the DI’s is still recovering from malaria so she didn’t teach a lesson but helped us tremendously throughout the day…

DI sandra from chile

it's always nice to be able to spend time with the teachers outside of the preschools...it gives us all a chance to get to know them...many of them bring their small children with them to TTD because they are to small to be without their mothers or the mothers dont have someone to watch them...the babies and small children are very well behaved here in Malawi...i have a feeling that if we were holding a TTD in the states the children who accompanied their mothers might not have been so well behaved...

the cooks on campus preparing the rice and beans for the teachers

i have always wanted to see what it felt like to carry a baby on my back like all of the mothers and even children do here in Malawi...i told one of the preschool supervisors about this and he immediately went-up to one of the mothers (who had twins) and told her about my desire...she happily brought one of her twins to me and wrapped him in a (chitenje) on my back...she used two different chitenjes to secure her 3 month old son...