Saturday 21 March 2009

New School visit


The computer access here this is very limited and very frustrating so I have given up.  Today have come to a hotel in kampala and using theirs.
 
I have had a busy week visiting the schools - at Nansana Royal Primary there is a new head teacher, Madam Sylvia, who some people may remember as the deputy.  We had a good time reviewing how things are going and already she is making some positive changes.  Their chickens are finally laying the number of eggs they should be and they are saving some money from selling eggs...... hurrah at last !
 
On Thursday I visited the Child Care Center at Kakiri which is a new school we are supporting.  Westwood First School in Leek, Staffordshire has linked with Kakiri.  The headteacher Abraham greeted me wearing a stunning hat which clearly from school photographs is a permenant fixture :) I had not been to the school before and was carrying gifts of photographs and letters from the staff and children at Westwood.  Abraham was very excited to recieve these and we then toured the school were he distributed the letters and photographs to the children and staff.  We visited all 14 classrooms where the children politely stood and greeted me with "you are welcome our visitor, feel at home"  they were then invited to tell me something about their school in English and so I learned that they have over 800 children, that their like their teachers, they enjoy learning English, they eat posho and beans for lunch.  They are very proud of their school despite the fact that  some of the classrooms have no windows, they sit 6 children to a bench to work and they have very few books. 
 
Next week I am going back to deliver 80 mosquito nets to them some of whihc were paid for by money raised at Westwood First School.  We are also going to provide them with a clock for each classroom and collect letters they are writing back. 
 
  My time on the computer has run out
love to all and thanks for your support. x

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