Our final day in Botswana was spent at the HB Antwerp Botswana branch in Gaborone. We were given an introduction to the company, learning about what it is all about and what it does, before having a tour of the diamond process, from raw diamond to market. The rigorous journey each diamond goes through is incredibly specific, and it was fascinating to learn about. We walked through each stage of the process, visiting the different labs where we saw the team use specialist tech

Today was a very sad day for the team as it was our final school visit of the trip! On our return to Francistown, we attended Bonwatlou Junior Secondary School to deliver our final set of workshops: Paper Straw Rockets and Life on Mars. The aeronautical engineering rocket workshop is brilliant for all ages, introducing them to how rocket fins effect performance, how force and energy drive the rocket into space, and how the nose cone allows the aircraft to be aerodynamic. The

With some rest days to enjoy, there was no better way to spend it than a day at the Chobe National Park. Setting off at 5am, we got into our safari car for a 6-hour game drive with a fantastic guide who took us all around the park. We were lucky enough to see two sepearte prides of lions. The first was sleeping, and the second was waiting to hunt. We watched quietly in anticipation as a herd of buffalo crossed the water to drink for the day, whilst the lionesses staggered beh

Our last two workshop days in Kasane were spent at Kazungula Primary School and Plateau Primary School. With a rest day in between, we had two very busy days delivering our cookie mining workshop and earthquake simulator workshop to both schools, and at Kazungula we made prosthetic hands also. The cookie mining workshop, showcasing civil engineering, was so much fun with both sets of students, with only a few cookie casualties! The children grasped the environmental protectio