Xiao Qian with her painted stone.
Twenty-seven visitors descended on the yard this weekend (this included about 7 children) for a party to celebrate Yanhui's departure from VSO. She's worked the PO for a year, efficiently and effectively supporting the Basic Education team and international volunteers. What's VSO's loss, however, is another NGO's gain and she begins work as the Communication's Manager of another development organisation at the end of August.
Although this wasn't an official 'activity weekend', I used it as an opportunity to try out some ideas on these friends and colleagues - a kind of pilot for the pilot. In the morning we all took a walk down to the river. Everyone had to find a stone they liked and bring it back to the yard to paint. It was mostly the women and children who took part, while the men sat in the courtyard smoking and drinking or, in Eric's case, stroking the dog. While Xiao Qian returned to Beijing with a beautiful stone, Eric will take home some fleas!
Although this wasn't an official 'activity weekend', I used it as an opportunity to try out some ideas on these friends and colleagues - a kind of pilot for the pilot. In the morning we all took a walk down to the river. Everyone had to find a stone they liked and bring it back to the yard to paint. It was mostly the women and children who took part, while the men sat in the courtyard smoking and drinking or, in Eric's case, stroking the dog. While Xiao Qian returned to Beijing with a beautiful stone, Eric will take home some fleas!
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