{"id":3127204,"date":"2024-02-02T15:04:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/?p=3127204"},"modified":"2024-06-26T09:49:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T07:49:11","slug":"meeting-people-archipelago-bissagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/en\/meeting-people-archipelago-bissagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Logbook of a community-minded trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=\u201d1\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||0px||false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d max_width=\u201d900px\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||0px||true|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201d4_4\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d header_2_font=\u201d|300|||||||\u201d header_2_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_2_font_size=\u201d38px\u201d header_2_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_3_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_3_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_3_font_size=\u201d26px\u201d custom_padding=\u201d40px||4px||false|\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sharing emotions and building cooperation off the coast of Guinea-Bissau<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0During a <a href=\"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/en\/ponant-discovery-bijagos\/\">reconnaissance trip to the Bissagos islands<\/a>, PONANT forged ties with local communities, leading to<strong> the PONANT Foundation contributing to financing the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/en\/bissagos-school-foundation\/\"><strong>reconstruction of a school<\/strong><\/a>. PONANT employees Juliette and Mathilde travelled to the archipelago to meet the local people. We look back at this emotional experience in words and pictures.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d max_width=\u201d900px\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||0px||true|false\u201d locked=\u201doff\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201d4_4\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_slider _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_color=\u201d#F7F7F7\u2033 custom_padding=\u201d17px|||||\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_slide heading=\u201dA warm welcome\u201d image=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-1-1.jpg\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_color=\u201d#F7F7F7\u2033 background_enable_color=\u201don\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d header_font_size_tablet=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_phone=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_last_edited=\u201don|desktop\u201d body_text_align_tablet=\u201d\u201d body_text_align_phone=\u201dleft\u201d body_text_align_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_transition=\u201don\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Day #1<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\"><em>\u201cWhen we arrived, the children ran up to us one by one, smiling broadly and wanting to hold our hands. The whole village took us to the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/en\/bissagos-school-foundation\/\"><strong><em>the Mantchacad school, rebuilt thanks to<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em> PONANT. You can see the pride in their eyes, it was really moving! This is where we\u2019ll be spending the next few days, with around a hundred children before their lessons start officially.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=\u201dBudding artists\u201d image=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2.jpg\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_color=\u201d#F7F7F7\u2033 background_enable_color=\u201don\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d header_font_size_tablet=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_phone=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_last_edited=\u201don|desktop\u201d body_text_align_tablet=\u201d\u201d body_text_align_phone=\u201dleft\u201d body_text_align_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_transition=\u201don\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Day #5<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\">\u201c<em>We launch the <strong>t-shirt personalisation workshop<\/strong> with the older children. They all start off quite timidly, by writing their names. Then we show them the textile paint and they set about creating their designs made up of multicoloured prints, followed by their houses, their school, the <strong>flag of Guinea-Bissau<\/strong>, and more. The results are really artistic, and they are very proud of their work!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=\u201dA salutary lesson\u201d image=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-2.jpg\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_color=\u201d#F7F7F7\u2033 background_enable_color=\u201don\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d header_font_size_tablet=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_phone=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d body_text_align_tablet=\u201d\u201d body_text_align_phone=\u201dleft\u201d body_text_align_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_transition=\u201don\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Day #6<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\">\u201cThe aim of this morning\u2019s lesson is to teach the children about <strong>the health impact of defecating outside<\/strong>. The teachers use pictures and words to explain the journey of a fly to the children, who seem to understand that a suitable facility or, failing that, a hole that can be covered, will prevent flies from infecting their water and food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=\u201dWorking after school\u201d image=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/4-1.jpg\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_color=\u201d#F7F7F7\u2033 background_enable_color=\u201don\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d header_font_size_tablet=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_phone=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d body_text_align_tablet=\u201d\u201d body_text_align_phone=\u201dleft\u201d body_text_align_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_transition=\u201don\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Day #7<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\">\u201c<em>After a busy day, it\u2019s time to head back to our little island. We bring back five village children, dropping them off by boat near the rice fields. After school, <strong>the children join the adults in the rice fields<\/strong> to chase away the village weaver birds that eat their crops. This saved them a walk of over an hour from the village with all their equipment for the night<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=\u201dA biodiversity reserve\u201d image=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/5-2.jpg\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_color=\u201d#F7F7F7\u2033 background_enable_color=\u201don\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d header_font_size_tablet=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_phone=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d body_text_align_tablet=\u201d\u201d body_text_align_phone=\u201dleft\u201d body_text_align_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_transition=\u201don\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Day #8<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\">\u201c<strong><em>On the island of Orango<\/em><\/strong><em>, we set off through the marshland of the national park, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/en\/bissagos-islands-wildlife\/\"><em>in search <\/em><em>of hippos<\/em><\/a><em>, to no avail. But we discovered a completely different landscape: a lush and wild <strong>savannah with grasses taller than us<\/strong>, and here and there swamps inhabited by crocodiles, snakes, birds and hippos when the water level is a little lower.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=\u201dA protected island\u201d image=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6-1.jpg\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_color=\u201d#F7F7F7\u2033 background_enable_color=\u201don\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d header_font_size_tablet=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_phone=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d body_text_align_tablet=\u201d\u201d body_text_align_phone=\u201dleft\u201d body_text_align_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_transition=\u201don\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Day #10<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\">\u201cAt <strong><em>Poil\u00e3o<\/em><\/strong><em>, we <strong>bivouac in the intense heat<\/strong> and discover <\/em>the<em> margins of this sacred, uninhabited island whose interior is off-limits to visitors<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=\u201dA sanctuary for sea turtles\u201d image=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/7-1.jpg\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_color=\u201d#F7F7F7\u2033 background_enable_color=\u201don\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d header_font_size_tablet=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_phone=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d body_text_align_tablet=\u201d\u201d body_text_align_phone=\u201dleft\u201d body_text_align_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_transition=\u201don\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Day #11<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\">\u201c<em>On <strong>Poil\u00e3o island<\/strong>, every night from June to November,<strong> the eggs of hundreds of sea turtles of different species are laid <\/strong>and subsequently hatch. The night we were there, 89 turtles laid their eggs, revealing a morning landscape of nests in huge craters. The thousands of tiny paw prints gave us an idea of how many baby turtles had made their way to the sea.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=\u201dLessons for young and old\u201d image=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8.jpg\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_color=\u201d#F7F7F7\u2033 background_enable_color=\u201don\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d header_font_size_tablet=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_phone=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d body_text_align_tablet=\u201d\u201d body_text_align_phone=\u201dleft\u201d body_text_align_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_transition=\u201don\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Day #12<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\">\u201c<em>Today, we\u2019re going to the school to affix the <strong>PONANT Foundation <\/strong>plaque. When we arrive, <strong>the atmosphere is studious,<\/strong> and the pupils are concentrating hard. Lessons have well and truly begun! In Sala 1, children are studying the structure of a family by drawing their own. In Sala 2, they are working on mathematics. In Sala 3, the little ones are learning to write.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=\u201dLast day with the children of Anipoc\u201d image=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9.jpg\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.23.1\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_color=\u201d#F7F7F7\u2033 background_enable_color=\u201don\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d header_font_size_tablet=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_phone=\u201d\u201d header_font_size_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d body_text_align_tablet=\u201d\u201d body_text_align_phone=\u201dleft\u201d body_text_align_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_transition=\u201don\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Day #12<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\">\u201c<em>It\u2019s time to say goodbye. We\u2019re sad, of course, but also happy to have seen the pride of these children, who know how lucky they are to have this new school where they can learn, grow and open their minds to the world. We are also <strong>grateful to have shared so many things with them<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\"><em>Tchau tchau Anipoc, Te logu. 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