From 24th to 29th July we've had a great opportunity to help out a village near Luang Prabang.
We split up into 3 groups and stayed with the locals.
On the first day, we met the kids which was absolutely amazing! :) they were so enthusiastic and cheeky, even through the language barrier we had a great time interacting with them :)
The real work started on the second day. As we were doing the foundations of the school building, some of us had to carry buckets of mud from the hole in the ground to the actual building which was harder than it sounds! Others did pouring\stamping mud which was also a lot more challenging than it sounds. Throughout the week, whenever we couldn't play with the children, they were more than happy to help us out and they were pretty strong kids making us look weak! Yet, they kept our spirits high which gave us motivation to finish what we started.
Some of us had a trip to the rice fields which was interesting as it gave good insight into the locals working life.
On the Friday 27th another World Challenge group joined us. They were all boys group from London and because of some of their negative attitude towards the whole expedition, it made us realize how lucky we were to have each other and how amazing our team is.
We had a really nice translator who made it easier for us to communicate with the locals.
On our last evening, the community held a ceremony for us to say good luck for the future and thank you for the help.
We split up into 3 groups and stayed with the locals.
On the first day, we met the kids which was absolutely amazing! :) they were so enthusiastic and cheeky, even through the language barrier we had a great time interacting with them :)
The real work started on the second day. As we were doing the foundations of the school building, some of us had to carry buckets of mud from the hole in the ground to the actual building which was harder than it sounds! Others did pouring\stamping mud which was also a lot more challenging than it sounds. Throughout the week, whenever we couldn't play with the children, they were more than happy to help us out and they were pretty strong kids making us look weak! Yet, they kept our spirits high which gave us motivation to finish what we started.
Some of us had a trip to the rice fields which was interesting as it gave good insight into the locals working life.
On the Friday 27th another World Challenge group joined us. They were all boys group from London and because of some of their negative attitude towards the whole expedition, it made us realize how lucky we were to have each other and how amazing our team is.
We had a really nice translator who made it easier for us to communicate with the locals.
On our last evening, the community held a ceremony for us to say good luck for the future and thank you for the help.
