Village life - meet some of the children who made our stories - Padli village

The school at Padli has a 10 strong school Parliament and we met a couple of them ...

This is Dipika Mewade (12) who is the Education Minister and is responsible for encouraging the pupils to read. She manages the library (pictured above) and issues the story books.

This is  Warti Mewade the Environment Minister who is responsible for watering the plants and making sure the gardens and grounds are good.

Pinki Mewade (13) is the Health & Sanitation Minister - she checks everyone's hands and nails everyday at prayers before school. She was selected by the pupils because she was the cleanest student ! They have a really thorough hand cleaning routine which they all showed us and I certainly learnt from it.

 

We spent a couple of hours with the children at the school before we took a guided tour around the classrooms. They were articulate and keen to learn. The asked us lots of questions about our lives and England such as :

• What pets did we keep ?
• What plants grew in England ?
• Were men and women equal in England ?
• What did we wear at home and did women have traditional dress ?

I think everyone had a fantastic time at this school and we'll have the fondest of memories from it, I had the great pleasure of giving our welcome speech from the group on this occasion which I really enjoyed doing.