[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":497},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-the-day-faunda-walked-into-a-classroom":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":484,"extension":485,"head":486,"meta":487,"navigation":490,"ogImage":486,"path":491,"robots":492,"schemaOrg":486,"seo":493,"sitemap":494,"stem":495,"__hash__":496},"blog/blog/998.the-day-faunda-walked-into-a-classroom.md","The Day FAUNDA Walked Into a Classroom: Our First Big School Adventure at Mugabe Secondary School",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":463},"minimark",[9,14,19,39,42,45,49,56,59,72,75,86,89,91,95,102,110,113,130,153,162,174,177,186,188,192,195,204,207,212,214,218,221,224,226,231,234,237,245,247,251,254,280,283,285,289,292,302,316,319,333,336,338,342,345,347,351,354,365,367,371,377,379,383,386,389,391,395,398,401,412,415,429,431,435,438,452,455],[10,11,13],"h1",{"id":12},"the-day-faunda-walked-into-a-classroom","The Day FAUNDA Walked Into a Classroom",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"our-first-big-school-adventure-at-mugabe-secondary-school","Our First Big School Adventure at Mugabe Secondary School",[20,21,22,23,27,28,31,32,35,36],"p",{},"This is another FAUNDA story. 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Teamwork happened naturally.",[60,320,321,324,327,330],{},[63,322,323],{},"One girl read",[63,325,326],{},"One clicked",[63,328,329],{},"One explained",[63,331,332],{},"One asked, “WHY?” (the most important question)",[20,334,335],{},"FAUNDA became a shared adventure. 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