Comings and goings - Zoe (UK)

So Maddie left yesterday, which was sad for me and for the kids.  During her 3 months here in Kathmandu working with Sapana she has really created a concrete training structure for the young people to follow.  It has been great working with her for the last month making the handover period smooth and stress-free.  It will be harder to manage the training sessions without her here but we are hoping to get another volunteer out here as soon as possible.

For Maddie's last day we went up to the reguge in Godawari to spend the day with the girls.  Sky was interviewing on site in order to finish up the documentary that she is making about Sapana.  Maddie was also interviewed with Lalita by her side to the rapt attention of the other girls.

 

Maddie was later surrounded by the girls and made up like a Nepali princess (I, luckily escaped unscathed...) complete with a kurta and high heels.  They also tried to shove a jeweled bangle (which was about 5 sizes too small) onto her wrist before giving up and putting into her hair instead.

So it's back to training this week, thankfully Sky will be around to help with the aerial training.  We are talking a lot about the structure of the Dubai show, workshopping story ideas with the kids and trying to get their input as much as possible so that this really feels like their own company.  They are very creative but we need to create a forum that feels safe and secure so that they can discuss their ideas openly and honestly.

Thanks for following, it's all very exciting!