The World Map Project

The World Map Project is a Peace Corps project done all over the world by volunteers. The idea is to work with youth and community members to paint a world map mural to teach about geography, but it's also just a great way to get to know people and have something tangible people can be proud of.

In my case, it was a horribly sticky, frustrating mess that, I'll admit, was actually a lot of fun.

Here are some photos:

We started by painting a base coat outside of our classroom in the high school.

We made a grid.
Robyn: Be sure, you go slow girls ... you don't want to make mistakes.
(5 minutes later)
Robyn: Girls ... seriously, you should take it slow.
(5 minutes later)
Robyn: Umm ... How did we manage to have 28 lines on the left side and 29 on the right?

We drew the continents. (We had to, umm, re-draw Africa three times.)

We painted the countries. (Note: Acrylic paint is sticky)

And ta-da! The world.