The Idea Tree

Steve Carver and Dave Germond are geniuses! Not only are they keeping everyone entertained with their brilliant MCing and group games, they have started the IDEA TREE.

Each participant gets a block of post-it notes every morning and when they hear a good idea from somebody else or even think of one themselves, they post it up on 'The Tree'.




First Day Speakers

Yesterday afternoon (Tuesday 4th) attendees were treated to some inspirational speeches and presentations from our keynote speakers.



Fundacion Paraguaya Managing Director, Martin Burt gave an inspirational introduction to how The San Fransico School is creating a new generation of rural entrepreneurs in the Paraguayan Countryside.



Polan Lacki gave a though provoking speech about how rural education needs to be revolutionised to meet the needs of the rural poor and give them the skills to lift themselves out of poverty.

James Tooley reflected on the findings of his own extensive research across Africa and Asia and celebrated the success of the 'private school for the poor', schools which are setup by community members to provide lower cost yet high quality education to children from poor families.

Marianna Martinelli gave an inspiring introduction to the work of her organisation CODEER in Chile and Godfrey Nzamujo showed participants how he has been building the skills of young farmers in Benin for the last 20 years at 'The Songhai Center'.

Paraguayan Traditional BBQ






In the evening participants were treated to a superb feast of traditional local dishes. As a side accompaniment Afro-Paraguayan dancers providing some high energy rhythm, with our African particpants getting in on the act. During dinner a harpist and guitarist serenaded the diners until the wee hours....