Self Help Africa, Carlow

On Tuesday, we went to Carlow to the Self Help Africa Work-shop , We left at 9 on the dot and surprising it only took around an hour to get there which was strange because I have always perceived Carlow to be far away. So when we got there I was surprised to see there was other schools there, CBS in Carlow and Scoil Muire, Clane. So we were then mixed up into around five groups and brought to different rooms. In the first room we talked about sectarianism  in different places around the world and opinions of us and other people. We talked about what we thought conflict was and what flags mean. The next room we went to we found a young girl who spoke to us about the development and how she invented items to help others. She was so naturally smart and I really looked up to her. I was really interested in what she was talking about . She also spoke how she was in the Young Scientist and how she made a pressured cooker as she found out that the second biggest killer in poorer countries was of cooking spoke, so with her cooker she solved this problem. Then we had lunch and then in the last room we learned all about HIV and AIDS. It was a interesting talk and it contained some shocking facts and statistics. After that we went on the bus home which was quite funny as many people fell asleep after the long day. It was a good day and it was fun to meet with other schools.