Practise waiting, listening, asking for help and cooperating.
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Le Buntu VillageRead, discuss, pass onLe Buntu VillageRead, discuss, pass onCreate a foundation of simple rules for living well at home, at school and in a group.
Patience on Gorée Island, listening in Kano, cooperation on Robben Island, humility in the castles of Gondar and kindness in Malawi create a first journey through group life. Each adventure gives a concrete face to a rule that can otherwise feel abstract.
Together, the stories help children connect everyday instructions with their purpose: waiting to show respect, listening to understand, asking for help to move forward and cooperating to succeed together. Rules become more than prohibitions; they become tools for feeling safe and living well at home, at school and with others.
The child's goal, translated into concrete progress.
Practise waiting, listening, asking for help and cooperating.
Understand that shared rules help a group work well.
Feel able to turn to a trusted adult when unsure.
The suggested order turns the pack into a mini-journey: start from a simple situation, then open the conversation towards the central value.
Senegal – l'île de Gorée
On Gorée Island, three friends’ excitement meets the long memory of history.
Khadyja and her friends Maya and Safiya share joyful adventures in Senegal. One day, Khadyja’s mother takes them on an excursion to Gorée Island, a place rich in history and culture. The girls eagerly explore the island and discover the House of Slaves. Faced with this painful memory, they learn to take time, listen, observe and ask questions. The visit offers lessons reaching beyond the journey. Friendship and patience help them approach history with respect and grow together.
Question after readingWhy do we sometimes need time to understand a historic place?
Nigeria – Emir of Kano's Palace
In Kano, Ayodele discovers that listening also nourishes the mind.
At six, Ayodele overflows with life, laughter and questions. He enjoys talking so much that his words sometimes leave little room for anyone else. During a holiday in Kano, he visits the Emir’s Palace and hears a proverb passed down for generations: “A talking mouth does not eat.” The puzzling phrase invites him to slow down. To receive a story, advice or even a meal, we sometimes need to be quiet and pay attention. Ayodele learns that listening, moderation and patience open a new way of understanding the world.
Question after readingWhat can you discover when you truly let someone finish speaking?
South Africa – Robben Island
A first camp, new friends and a powerful lesson in freedom.
Nandi eagerly awaits her first camp, unaware of the adventure ahead. An excursion takes her to Robben Island, a place shaped by Nelson Mandela’s imprisonment and the struggle for freedom. As the visit unfolds, history becomes tangible and raises new questions. Surrounded by children she barely knows, Nandi also learns to listen, cooperate and trust the group. The day shows her that unity creates courage and that friendship makes every discovery more meaningful.
Question after readingWhen did a group help you achieve something you could not have done alone?
Ethiopia – Gondar, the Camelot of Africa
Among Gondar’s castles, two explorers finally learn to ask the way.
Amare and Bekele grow up in Ethiopia’s mountains with a shared passion for adventures and questions. Curiosity sometimes leads them in unexpected directions. One summer, their father takes them to Gondar, a city of ancient castles and imperial stories. Full of wonder, the boys want to discover everything by themselves until the route becomes uncertain. They must admit they do not know and ask for help. The experience teaches them that humility does not weaken an explorer; it helps them listen, recover their path and travel farther.
Question after readingWho can you ask for help when you do not know how to move forward?
Malawi – Queen's Palace
A puzzling map leads two friends towards the language of the heart.
In Nkhata Bay, beside the clear waters of Lake Malawi, Alinafe and Takondwa are known for their curiosity and generosity. Their lives change when an old man hands them a puzzling map to a treasure hidden in the Queen’s Palace. The quest brings many encounters and chances to help one another. The farther they travel, the less the treasure resembles a precious object. The friends discover that the greatest wealth lives in open hearts and that kindness can be understood without speaking the same language.
Question after readingHow can you show kindness without using words?
Ask them after the journey without expecting one single correct answer.
How can a rule protect everyone in a group?
Why can asking for help be an act of courage?
Which rule would you like to follow more consistently, and what could help?
Each story can be read independently. The suggested order nevertheless creates a progression: begin with an accessible situation, deepen the reflection and then connect the stories with the pack’s central value.
It contains 5 printed books and therefore 5 complete stories. The covers and book pages shown above correspond to the titles included in the selection.
Recommended uses include classroom, home, family library. The discussion questions work for individual reading, families, classrooms and workshops.
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