EducationalPaths@TheWorld
Friday, December 6, 2013
RIP Nelson Mandela
EducationalPaths.com
was in South Africa when Nelson Mandela passed away. Although he is no longer
with us, his legacy is alive in all of South Africa and worldwide. There are
many reasons to admire him. For us there are four keys to his success: Nelson
was a well educated man, he loved the freedom of humanity of
all colours (Ubuntu), learned to forgive the past and to obtain
a better future and kept a smile to reflect all of this. We believe that these
four keys are very important for the future of this country and hope that the
current government changes their politics based on using fear and
hate to keep their followers, who are very disappointed due to
the corruption that is so well known that they no longer attempt to hide
it.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Good bye, Lesotho
Sala hantle, Lesotho. After a few weeks working in
different educational projects, we have to say good bye to this wonderful
country where Educational Paths.com has left a valuable impression. From the
Foothills Guest house in Maseru, we cold observe, learn and interact with
educational professionals and students from the best schools in the country and
during weekends visit so many places where we were also very welcomed. In this
video we can see, hear and feel how these boarding school girls get emotional
when shouting ‘Educational Paths’.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Lesotho basketball... without bouncing the ball.
Is the field available too
rough to bounce your ball? No problem with that if you use your
imagination. On the way back to Ka Pitseng guest house, right in the
middle of rural Lesotho, we found the answer. These basotho girls
have found a way to have fun, exercise wile they play this game. In
this version of the game they even need their team mates more as they
cannot move when they get the ball.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Sesotho in Morija
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Learning opportunities in Malealea, Lesotho
Life is full of nice,
cultural-enriching surprises. We experienced a good example of this in Malealea
(Lesotho). As well as being able to hike to nice places in the area we managed
to volunteer in a rural primary school, participate in an activity design to
create awareness of AIDS through football, help the school teachers and offer
them a seminar on Educational Coaching. Staying at Malealea Lodge gave us the
opportunity to know about a very unique environment and meet many interesting
people, including the members of Malealea Band, in the video.
Monday, October 28, 2013
The Flight of life
A flight in a balloon
is very similar to life. It is an incredible and unique experience that we
managed to experience with Drankensberg Ballooning, very near Lesotho. Among
other analogies with life we found that the preparation requires team work, at
the beginning of the flight it needs help and orientation and on landing we
need to trust ourselves and others to succeed. At the end of life is best to relax
our muscles for a peaceful death, that way our life empties as peacefully as
this balloon show in the video. There is no use in trying to regret what we
have done (or not) at this point. We will develop what we learned about life in
our book and documentary.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Durban urban hiking and skateboarding.
Our urban hike in
Durban started at Tekweni Backpackers in Berea and finished at the Indian Ocean,
where we touched the water that connects our world. We watched how the
population of the third biggest city in South Africa enjoy their weekend. We
paid special interest to these young people who have fun moving on wheels
(skateboards, bikes, etc.). The interview to one of them will reveal how we can
guide and learn from teenagers’ motivation.
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