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The weekend of Nov 11-13 twenty-one of the Collegedale Pathfinder teens went to Cohutta Springs to participate in a 30-hour famine to raise money for World Vision. All of the participants were divided into 5 Maasai tribes, then they participated in different activities that were designed to give them a taste of the daily challenges the Maasai face in order to survive. Each Pathfinder was given a card that described who they were in the tribe, then they stayed in character for the entire day. Some individuals had disabilities such as being blind, having a broken leg, or having typhoid. This created some interesting challenges for the tribes. Throughout the 30-hours everyone could have as much water as they wanted, juice breaks were also taken at regular intervals. Occasionally there was some type of food during the juice break, it was amazing how good a stale bagel or hard tack tasted when you were really hungry. Each tribe worked together to create the most creative costume for their leaders. Once costumed the leaders performed their best Numbu dance performance. Other activities included trying to steal other tribe's seeds while protecting their own, crossing an imaginary river to get to school, building a village consisting of three shelters, then trying to retrieve food from a field filled with explosives. After each activity they were given time to reflect on questions concerning the activity that was just completed. |
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