Today started out the same as it did yesterday, with the two groups splitting off and working on their community projects. Since the people who were already working on the project had made a lot of progress, we had a lot of free time. Students spent the time either resting, talking, or playing games. One such game was a game that Krishna, Reed, Elliot, and myself took part in. We all would gather some berries and would try to throw them into a bucket, which ended up being a whole lot of fun. The other group continued its progress on the 3D maze, completing the outline of the maze and then putting down the post to support it. All of this took a lot of time and effort, and the group handled it extremely well.
After lunch, we once again split into two groups, with one group going to the Woman's Co-op and the other going on a forest tour. I was in the first group, and once we got to the Co-op, we noticed a few things. One of the first things we noticed was how there were not that many machines. Instead, there were women who were doing each job by hand. In one such instance, we came across a group of women who were cleaning some grain. We had a nice conversation in which, in a sort of role reversal, the women seemed very surprised that these jobs would be done by machines in America. Then, one of them playfully asked if she could come back with us, and Susan replied by asking if she was able to fit into her backpack. Then, after viewing all of the stations, we had the opportunity to buy some food that had been packaged at the Co-op. After that, we went to the office and were told why they were doing and how money was distributed. I thought it was interesting how the Co-op provided everything for the women who worked there, whether it be housing, loans, or anything else. Once they were done telling us about these things, we thanked them for having us and then went back to Timbaktu.
- Luke Mukundan
After Lunch, as Luke said, we spilt up into two groups. My group loaded onto two Jeeps and drove into the hills for a forest tour. The ride itself ended up being loads of fun as we talked about random things while the wind was whipping around our hair. As we drove further up the mountains/hills we began to see a lot more windmills and vegetation. Maddy explained to us that Timbaktu has been working since 1992 to expand the land to greatly increase the amount of species of plants in the area. He also explained that the windmills were causing problems with the amount of "birds of prey" still around the area. We stopped several times on our trip and basically had to fight the wind, at points, to remain still and standing up. We ended up at a lookout tower that native villagers used to check for fire hazards and collect seeds. From there we took a short hike down to a pond that was the "only one for many acres" so most of the animals came to that specific pond. We didn't see any animals besides a small turtle so we headed back up to the Jeeps and returned to Timbaktu.
When we got back, we had a short question time to think about who we would want here with us in India if we could only pick one person. Then we had a short ANCHOR time and headed back to our rooms for some sleep.
- Bailey Cunningham
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