Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
I was in a workshop in Kensington yesterday evening for Chocolate Week grinding up cocoa beans and making an Aztec recipe for hot chocolate with a load of five year olds! In fact the youngest was three years old.
Very good fun, but I still can’t control children. They were setting their hair on fire with the gas hob, pouring boiling molten chocolate on themselves. Hopefully in between the third degree burns they learnt something about the Fairtrade message though.
Afterwards went to Brockley with Matt to see Anna and Glyn. We ate in a cute little Thai restaurant called Me Love You Long Time, and then checked out the very badly put together wardrobe in their new flat. It was put together by a guy on crutches, which partly explains why it’s been done so badly, but this also means they don’t feel like they can complain about it!
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Andy and Jo had me round for sauteed potatoes (yum!) and an introduction to the statistical software package SPSS (aaargh!) … they were very patient as I struggled with the maths. It’s not my strong point it has to be said.
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Here are the films ITV Wales made from our visit to Ghana. There’s one showcasing our first video conferencing session between kids in Ghana and Wales.
This one was the first report all about Wales and its links with Fairtrade and Ghana. This one focuses on Fairtrade cocoa farming. more generally on how Fairtrade in Ghana links to Wales. And this one is about women and their role within Kuapa Kokoo.
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Sara and I did a workshop at City Hall today, as part of a Fairtrade schools event, with nearly 70 children. Alas, I have no ability to keep them under control, but with Sara there we got through it OK. It’s so tiring though. Give me the safe comfort of deskwork!
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