Travel to Soneva Fushi

We started the day not knowing what surprise laid ahead for us. We travelled to a guest’s house to have breakfast at 8:30am. Spontaneously, after breakfast we were asked if we wanted to visit a pre-school as the children were excited to meet us.

When we entered the pre-school at 9am we noticed that all the children wore the national clothing of various countries-it turned out that they were learning about the different cultures of countries across the world!

After visiting the pre-school we then took a launch to Soneva Fushi - a nearby bio conservative resort island. We were welcomed by the lovely staff who worked at the island. Soneva Fushi is an island that promotes the importance of recycling and up-cycling materials. We were given a tour around the island riding bikes made from bamboo sticks. 
Not a single motorcycle in sight! 

We visited their Kids Club where children learn how to protect the environment by using unrecyclable materials to create art work. 

We also visited the island’s garden where fresh crops are grown and used as necessary. We also visited their recycling centre and found out that they recycle the aluminium used for canned drinks to make beautiful crafts. After the tour we ate lunch at a local restaurant before heading back to Eydhafushi for our pre-ultimate session with the Guides. 

For our 3-hour Guide session we had 117 energetic girls! We started off the session playing the game teapot tag which they enjoyed. For the team activities they played the ‘Me Too’ game, completed the ‘This is Me’ task. The guides learnt the importance of listening before taking an action and developed their team working skills.

After our session we were whisked off to the beach for evening tea before heading to prepare for our next session with the Leaders

We ended the evening with a BBQ whilst teaching the Leaders new songs and games that they can play with their units. We also revisited the personality quiz that they completed, highlighting the different types of personalities that exist and how they can work with one another to create a mixed guiding unit.