On the Okavango River

In the picture you can see the members of the older
San (Khwe) cultural group from the village. Today
we had what is best described as an outing. For
all but one of the group, it was their first time ever
in a boat.
The village we come from is about 70 kilometers
from here and directly in the bush, no rivers around.
It was a real good experiential day for the group as
we also visited 3 lodges along the river as a fact
finding, motivational and life experience exercise.
The boat was generously provided to us by Nunda
Lodge.
We went out for about an hour an a half and the main
animal attraction for the day was the hippos.We saw
a family of about 7 with what looked like at least 5
babies. Also there were plenty of birds to see too.
We then ended the day at the local fisheries center.
It is an impressive place and is a research, resource
and informational hub for fish farming in our region.
It is well done.
The importance of all this is that the village has barely
radio service, no television and newspapers rarely
surface. There is just no real consistent source of
information for these kids.
So, activities like these are eye openers and hopefully
motivators. The least, the group is a little bit more
intelligent for the information they've received.
Out here without sources of information it is like
building a house one brick at a time. Every bit of
information is a building block for development.