Day 1 of Work

We all met up at the 6-8 campus the next day at noon so the volunteers could sleep off the traveling from the day before. The first thing we needed to do was clean the playground so that we could lay the concrete later in the week. This meant we needed to remove all the garbage from the field, clear out all the asphalt and concrete debris, pull weeds, and shovel out the dirt on the perimeter so it would be level. Luckily, we got some help from some of the locals. Some members from the "host families", students from my and Jessica's ecological group, Volunteer Ecology Kratovo, our friend Mustafa from an NGO, RROMA, and even a worker from the school pitched in.

The mood of the day was very cheerful. Even after a long and hot work day, me and two of the Bauorden volunteers found the energy to have a wheelbarrow race. I came in 2nd place and had to pay my debt: a beer.