From the capital of the country, Djibouti, we left in a 4×4 route through the country. From Djibouti we took a ferry that took us to Tajoura, then to Obok, from there we went to Ali Sabieh and finally to Art. Four villages in the heart of Djibouti, all of Muslim religion, all schools located in small Catholic missions.

We started in Tadjourah, in the mission where two French women run a small school that provides education to more than 200 children. Tadjourah is a humble little fisherman on the coast and children in general do not go to school. So the work of this school has no price for the future of the children …

The workshops were great, in a room covered with carpets, all the children sitting, impatient to start … And we all enjoyed it! we share our experiences and creativity, now Tajoura does theater, expresses and enjoys the voice of the youngest … it has no price …

From Tadjourah we went to Obok, a small town on the northern coast of Djibouti. The town is very picturesque, full of children fluttering through its streets … There we were in the little school run by Diocese.

The groups were about 50 students each, very young, excited, we had a great time !! they gave everything, happy to show the class their skills, their talent, and the excited class responded with applause and cheers … What nicer moments, see the faces of these children sharing their illusions and dreams, between them and with us …

The next day we went to Ali Sabieh. It is a city near the border of Ethiopia, and near the route of trucks that transport goods from the port of Djibouti. There we spent three days in a school run by charming Italian and Nigerian nuns, who told us incredible stories of their experiences in Africa …

The school is quite large, with about 500 children … We did the workshops in a large room, a little dark, but sheltered from the heat from outside and with enough capacity for the large groups with whom we were going to work …

The children as always were charming, super excited and willing. They enjoyed all the activities that we proposed, without saving anything, sharing all their abilities, without keeping anything in the inkwell.

What a gift for us, all the workshops were great, super rich, where the children expressed and experienced to the fullest. Joy and happy faces gave us the reason for what we do, for our work…

And the last stop was in Arta, a small village on the road to Djibouti, there are the summer homes of the French military settled in Djibouti. The school was very small, only two classes, and it was carried by three very nice Congo sisters …

There we did two workshops, with about 100 children in total. The assistants were between scared and excited. It took us a while to get their confidence to be able to start working together, but at the moment they started to enjoy they gave themselves without hesitation, and enjoyed it very much.

Their faces of happiness, of enjoyment, as with a new toy just discovered … We only gave them the tools and they did the rest. In the end they were all wanting more, to continue enjoying … And we were satisfied for doing our job well, making happy children!

At the end of the trip we were exhausted but very very happy, for having received the gratitude of so many happy students, for having shared so many experiences, for having provided the tools to expand imagination …

We take a little bit of them all with us, in our hearts … See you soon, we will miss you !!!