I have been working closely with the Rotaract Club of Quatre Bornes. Recently, the club had a Fun Day at Serge Cotet Government School. The day was about teaching the children the importance of good nutrition while having a day of fun. The kids participated in games, quizzes and races.
Serge Cotet is a ZEP school, meaning it is part of the "Zones d'Education Prioritares" program. A school is listed as a ZEP when the pass rate for the Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) is lower than 40%.
The project covers 30 out of 290 schools in Mauritius and aims at contributing to poverty alleviation through reducing failure at the primary level in relatively deprived regions of the country. Part of the initiative, in addition to aspects such as school feeding programs, is to enhance community participation in the education sector. Thus, this day was only part of a larger project Rotaract is doing with the Serge Cotet School.
Jane, shown here, is all out Rotaract in her shirt and cap. Clearly, a proud vp.
I was part of the face painting team which proved to be a very popular activity. As we had only planned to allow the 1st and 2nd year students to participate, the school seemed suddenly to have an increase in the number of very large 2nd year students. Although fun, please don't ask me to paint your face as Spiderman in the near future. I'm gonna need some recovery time.
All in all, it was a wonderful day. Both the students and the Rotaractors had a great time. At the end of the afternoon, the Rotaractors put on a skit about two kids learning the importance of eating well. The kids were very amused!
So, the kids learned about nutrition and the Rotaractors learned how much energy primary school kids can have. But we call went home happy.
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