Valentine's Day
We are already celebrating Valentine's Day here - red heart gummy bears, heart M& Ms and more to come, I hear. I tried to explain the significance of the day to the women here at the lodge, but I couldn't do it.
The auction at Ngateu was yesterday, our last day at the school. They raised almost $1000, an unheard of amount, with the help of many Safi group members. People would buy something and give it to a student or a child or an adult. It was great fun. Katie Collins gave away kazoos so the whole place was humming by the time we left. Bill Collins played his bagpipes and that attracted people from far and near. I think we'll have to start a kazoo bagpipe band.
We were given certificates by the school board and staff, officially stamped and signed. ( We have ones for you all -Jeff, Adrianna, Jenny and Larry) All of us agreed that more was accomplished during these 4 weeks than any of us dreamed possible - computer lab is now functioning, library has more shelves and more books ( that people use!), the new stoves for the kitchen will be in place in a month, the teachers will be trained, students helped by Mwangaza Center people, the staff is definitely more optimistic, the Rotary here has added our well project to their list, students have learned baseball, kazoos, yo-yos, sukoku, Scottish dancing, English, math - it's been a great time. (And as one person said, we must be really wicked because their is no rest.:-)
But we're off to Tarangire game park to rest and debrief, tough duty.
We are getting anxious to get home! M
The auction at Ngateu was yesterday, our last day at the school. They raised almost $1000, an unheard of amount, with the help of many Safi group members. People would buy something and give it to a student or a child or an adult. It was great fun. Katie Collins gave away kazoos so the whole place was humming by the time we left. Bill Collins played his bagpipes and that attracted people from far and near. I think we'll have to start a kazoo bagpipe band.
We were given certificates by the school board and staff, officially stamped and signed. ( We have ones for you all -Jeff, Adrianna, Jenny and Larry) All of us agreed that more was accomplished during these 4 weeks than any of us dreamed possible - computer lab is now functioning, library has more shelves and more books ( that people use!), the new stoves for the kitchen will be in place in a month, the teachers will be trained, students helped by Mwangaza Center people, the staff is definitely more optimistic, the Rotary here has added our well project to their list, students have learned baseball, kazoos, yo-yos, sukoku, Scottish dancing, English, math - it's been a great time. (And as one person said, we must be really wicked because their is no rest.:-)
But we're off to Tarangire game park to rest and debrief, tough duty.
We are getting anxious to get home! M
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