Last year for the class trips i opted to go for the trip into the highlands known as Babong. In Babong there is quite a large community school whom are always welcoming and entertaining. As a group we decided that we should paint one of their newly built classrooms. Personally, i had never walls before and so i was extremely eager to learn form this experience. I learnt the different types of paint of paint used and also learned to use different techniques of painting. It took us about an hour and a half to complete painting the whole classroom. It was simply a pleasure to see all the students so appreciative of our hard work. Painting the classrooms may have only been an hours work for us and i maybe only learnt to paint walls but the smiles and gratefulness of the children is something that i will cherish forever and something the school may not forget for many years to come.
After painting the classrooms, the older children challenged us to a football match and so we played...the school some good players and it was great to mix up the teams, which really challenged our communication skills. However, as we began to play the game, we began to communicate very easily and therefore played very well. It was surprising for me to see that when people from different cultures and backgrounds do the same thing, cooperating with each other, they communicate without even realizing it for they begin to grow a special understanding with each other.
After an exhausting game in the heat, the whole school gathered together and the head master of the school thanked us for all our help and we generously donated books, pencils and mosquito nets, after which all the students sung a song of thankfulness for us.
Cooperating not only with my peers, whilst painting the classroom, but also with the students, during the football game, allowed for a mixture of cultures to interact and enjoy each others company.
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