Closing ceremony

Set the self-timer, then leap into the picture!
Flash!
It really is this dark.


Saturday, March 21, 2009
Every training has a closing ceremony and this workshop was no exception. Der Lweh, Htoo Gay, and Paw Tha Shee went off to the market on Friday at noon. After class that afternoon, they worked well into the night chopping, frying, peeling, boiling; all by the light of one small candle. Look at the size of the cleaver Paw Tha Shee is using...

The next morning the students mounted the photos they had chosen for exhibition on the wall ( newsprint and masking tape) and then set out plastic chairs. Promptly at 10 am, the camp leader arrived, the chairs were filled, and the speeches began. At one point we heard the camp leader speak of 'Pee' and 'Poo'. Was that us? Yes. Der Lweh, Htoo Gay, and Paw Tha Shee presented certificates of completion to the students while Nat and I presented teacher training certificates to our three new MY STORY photo project teachers. After the required group photos, we ate. And we ate! Soup, chicken, fish curry, veggies, fried catfish. Delicious!