Day 4: Time for a party

Today we returned to the creche for our last day of work there, getting as much ready as possible before the community celebration. There was a lot to do!


The soil for our veggie patch was looking amazing thanks to the muscle power and dedication of the team.


Local partner Food and Trees for Africa led a tree and veggie patch planting workshop thanks to a generous donation from Ashurst law firm in London.
This South African social enterprise is focused on sustainable water and soil use and management, with a strong focus on environmental and global warming education. It was a brilliant session led by Daniel, the organisation's senior project manager, who was a real man of the earth. Local families came along to help us plant. They received training on organic permaculture gardening as well as some seedlings to take home to their own gardens.

Dayna finds out more:

The jungle gym, which we'd worked so hard on, was also nearly complete:

Before we knew it, the community celebration was underway. Children from several local primary and secondary schools came to entertain us with traditional dancing and singing. But today was also a special day for Helen's son Samuel. He's turning six today and some of the local kids sent their birthday wishes:

It was an amazing celebration, with toys and balloons as well as some soccer jerseys which went down a storm. The big hit of the day was the jungle gym--even the Induna's grandson took an intrepid turn down the slide.

Though our work here is done, the project continues, with the eco-build scheduled for completion over the next few weeks, during which the finishing touches will be applied. We can't wait to see some photos of the first class to take advantage of this safe and fun new space.

Off to apply some aftersun and enjoy our last night at Ulusaba before (sadly) heading home tomorrow.