Today was only a half day. In the morning, following a presentation from a french organisation about teaching tools for illiterate children, we were tested on our ability to communicate and work together as teams in a scenario which placed us into 4 groups of people: Farmers, Fishermen, Oil refiners and transporters.
All four teams had to work together for mutual gain. For example, the farmers needed the transporters to transport goods and in return they were willing to help them out as it would provide them with income. This scenario was set out for us with a giant sheet of paper that had been divided in quarters (one for each team), the teams then had to select one negotiator who would do the talking with the other negotiators, and a builder who would draw on the paper a road between the sections (providing that the team had permission from the owner of that quarter) linking the groups for trade.
The idea is simple but for some reason communication broke down a bit and rules were broken... in the end however the group managed to implement a solution to the chaos, stressing the importance of cooperation and compromise.
Then, after lunch we were allowed some free time to explore Beja.
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