The sight of children using paints in Scotland is a common one from a very early age. Even if that means more paint on the child than on the paper and coloured water all over the carpet! These creative opportunities are not the experience of most children in Tanzania and certainly not, up until now, at the Mayega Children’s Centre. After the minimum of tuition by Christine off the children went, creating colourful patterns and trying their best to stay within the lines! The thirst for such activities is very striking – be that painting, crochet or drawing. The talent and creativity is there and it is one of the great sadness’s of Africa that such potential is not fully realised. We are determined to do something about that at Mayega and the children are certainly up for it!