Lets meet Gumbati

"Hide! Hide!
I heard. What? I don't know this word! I was looking at the young guy with very surprise face.

Hide — Let's go — he said again.

Ok, let's go.

We were walking up the hill. From the top you can see village and mountains all green. Gumbati, the village near to Tsalka when we were is small place where live around 100 families. Most of them moved here 20 years ago from Adjara region. During the summer when in Rustawi is incredible hot, in Gumbati temperature is more chill and you can be outside all day.

One of person which was moves here is Ira. I met her 3 months ago. She was participant in project: "Silence is not a gold” where I was helping. Few weeks ago she invited us to her village. To meet her pupils and motivate them to speak in English.

Ira is Georgian and English teacher at school. She and her parents open learning center, and they are helping kids with learning and prepare to the exams. This is also place where they are coming to meet each other and spending time. Actually besides playing field in the village is no place to go.

I was visiting this village with two volunteers from France. Lola and Mikio, which kids called Miki, because it was for them easier to use.

During this week we prepare activities, we told about our countries (Poland and France), we show few tips :” how to look for a job”, team buildings games and outdoor game in Gumbati. Kids from the village are amazing they were with us most of the time showing the neighborhood, taking us up to the hill, to the river, playing with us in volleyball and football. Even director of the school invite us for small supra when he was welcoming us in the village and took a toast for our friendship.

In previous week kids finish the school. One of the day, they decided to make goodbye party. Ira prepared for them small present. All of them get soap bubbles, and whole yard was full of them. Every young person get one big bottle full of magic liquid. And they start to playing, running, making bubbles in a thousand different ways. This is one of my favorite moment during this week. I will be miss this place and I hope see all of them again." Marta Polish volunteer.