Pictures from our work in Nima Posted on July 2, 2016July 20, 2016 by Emmanuel Abebrese Our first WAGiLabs launch in Nima Each envelope contained a pencil, journal and name tag. Each envelope contained a pencil, journal and name tag. We asked our kids to to grade themselves on how well they thought we had achieved our goals as a class We often asked kids to respond to prompts in their journals. We took these home with us each day to review what they wrote. The Heroes team getting to know each other a little bit more before getting messy We split our twelve kids into three teams of four Mohammed, staring right back at us here, is a part of the Star Kids team We had already asked the kids to identify problems in their community. Out of the seven they mentioned, we chose three and asked each team to focus on thoroughly understanding one and brainstorming solutions for it. The cup just won’t stay on! The kids had limited tape strips to strap the cup on to the stool and it had to be sturdy enough to hold the soap. These are the WAGiLabs volunteers, staff from the Nima Apostolic Hope School and representatives from the church who connected the WAGiLabs team to the school Sherif makes a great funny voice Laamia came in to speak with our kids about her passion, entrepreneurial journey and her approach to problem solving Laamia came in to speak with our kids about her passion, entrepreneurial journey and her approach to problem solving Laamia came in to speak with our kids about her passion, entrepreneurial journey and her approach to problem solving Our kids spent the day building handwashing stations to fight the spread of germs at their school Our kids spent the day building handwashing stations to fight the spread of germs at their school From left to right: Judah, Emmanuel, Evan, Reeves, Judith, Katie Nell (not pictured) So many laughs that day, you can see Reeves tearing up from laughter on the left Strong Kids Team Strong Kids Team Katie Nell’s Team: The Heroes Our first WAGiLabs class at Nima Reeves and Emmanuel holding down the fort during the first week with help from teachers at the Nima Hope School. Evan and Katie Nell were inbound Class picture Reeves asked the kids to pick a problem (fights) and tell us what their emotional and rational/logical response to it would be. First meeting with our partners at Nima The kids in the school were really excited to see Reeves and Emmanuel WAGi our mascot! WAGi stands for What A Great Idea! Taking a much needed break 🙂