Follow the link to see it:
http://www.cyec.org.uk/exchanges/youth-exchanges
We arrived here open minded and not knowing what to expect, but all of
us soon settled in and found out more about each other! And what we
didn't know before we wrote on a piece of paper on a wall ! As everyone
was arriving at different times we all got to know the area and what our
groups and tasks were for the weekend. The first cooking group made bean
surprise..(with no recipe or instructions!) and an amazing apple
crumble! Lucy T organised a human conveyor belt for the washing and
drying up, and let out her cutlery fetish! :P
Afterwards we had a group meeting to ask questions about Tanzania,
during this people were taken out individually for their interviews, ie
an informal chat with Don and Russel, who got increasingly more drunk as
the night wore on.. We found out about eating animal tubes for tea,
drinking sour milk to be polite and the Tanzanian fascination with toast
and that Poli = Cheese man and God =D .
We then found JENGAAAAA and found out that Lucy T has never played it
before! Shock horror! So we moved on to the twister board!! Many people
got to know each others bumsss ! After the Twister players had had
enough of the sight of each others bummms ( which were very nice bums so
no one was complaing ) we decided to play HIDE AND SEEK just to bring
the childish side out. Rachel screamed as she saw some one sitting in
the dark ! (well she thought she did !!! ) even after the immense scream
her and isla used mission impossible tricks to stop them selves from
getting caught ! and it worked !!! Ash also tried to tunnel through the
bed bottoms but didn't succeed unfortuantly.
Well today was the end of programme BBQ and it was a fantastic celebration as I got to spend it with the people who began as fellow link members but over the past few weeks have grown to become my friends. The BBQ food was excellent and so was the trampoline (future note to be wary to mix the two as Cath got a bit of dodgy stomach. As it started to get cooler the current link group retreated to the tent in the garden to play some strange form of a inflatable Connect 4 but soon turned into us all throwing the plastic balls at each other with Lucy Telford getting caught in the crossfire.
As the weather worsened we started to arrange lifts home and we retreated into the warmth of the house, well most of us did some of the past link group decided to tuff it out in the tent (the nutters).
I had a really good time and I hope to see everyone in September if not before. Hope you all have a good summer.
By Daniel
The Fairtrade event at St Benedict's was great! We had the chance to sell some of our Tanzanian goodies, which quite a few people were interested in, and we managed to get (almost) everybody singing and dancing along with 'Timote Sosi' and 'Natembea', wearing kangas as well!! It wasn't a very publicised event, so there wasn't a massive amount of people, but that isn't totally a bad thing, as if there were more, i don't think the dancing would have been such of a success. It was also great to see how many other groups in West Cumbria are devoted to Fairtrade, and love Africa, just like we do! :)
By Naomi
Last night St Benedict’s School held a Fairtrade fashion show, where the Tanzanian stand made an appearance. On the stall were Laura, Naomi, Ben, Daniel Johnstone, Mary, myself and a couple of others. Despite not drawing huge crowds, it was good fun. After selling a few necklaces and badges, watching a drum performance and a brief parade of the Fairtrade clothing, it was our turn to entertain. We got everyone dressed up in shirts and kangas and all had a go at the songs and dances. Even though I was only vaguely familiar with them, it wasn’t in the least bit embarrassing (even being sung to in Swahili). It’s such a shame that the Tanzanians couldn’t be here, but I think I can speak for everyone when I say we really enjoyed ourselves.
By Alex
