Today was a very special day spent at Kasane Primary school where we were invited to celebrate Day of the African Child with them. This day is all about raising awareness and protecting the rights of children in Africa, and this year's theme chosen by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, was "Ensuring universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene for every child in Africa". We had the opportunity to watch each class showcase what they

The first half of our day was spent at Chobe JSS, where we delivered four of our workshops, beginning with the aircraft launchers. The students built their aeroplanes before designing their very own launching boards for the optimal launch angle and speed! The results were so creative with groups improvising with resources they had found lying around as well as the provided ones from us, and everyone loved racing the planes in a wee competition. Next up was the Product Design

After a very busy week with workshops in Francistown, it was time to make our way up to Kasane, and we got to make some very exciting stops along the way! Our Friday began with a site visit to Shashe Dam, an 80km dam that supplies water to both Francistown and rural Francistown. We learned the history of the dam and asked plenty of questions as we walked alongside the water, before getting a tour of the filtration process from the intake of the water to it flowing through hom

Our ninth day in Botswana was spent at our forth school of the project - Pelaelo Junior Secondary School. We had a delightful introduction with all of the teaching staff and heads of school, before setting up our first workshop of the day which was the debut of our cookie mining workshop. This activity highlights the environmental considerations and dangers when mining, the team decided this was an important type of engineering to highlight since mining is such a large indust