Namibia
First Time In Africa
I was really not very adventurous. Trips abroad had usually been package holidays or visits to friends and relatives in far flung places. I was quite content balancing family (husband and four kids) and work (Primary School teacher) in a small town in the North East of Scotland. I wanted to be more intrepid but not nearly enough to do anything about it.
Then an opportunity arose to participate in a Connecting Classrooms project, run by the British Council. A link was established between 3 Ethiopian Schools, 3 Namibian Schools and 3 Scottish schools. Teachers would travel for 10 days, to live and learn with colleagues in partner countries.
I persuaded my family they would manage perfectly well without me, applied and was accepted for the project. It was February 2009. Namibia awaited! (more…)
