This year we feel extremely blessed to have such a terrific teaching staff. Some are pictured below:
Douglas, Francis, Jennifer, Mary, Doreen, Mark and Jennifer–some of our excellent team.
Teachers Jennifer, Richard and Mary enjoying a light moment between classes.
We had a thrill this week because Cesar received a letter from our friend & donor Uncle John in Australia. None of the children had ever seen a real letter before so Cesar was surrounded by many friends as he happily opened the news. We had to have a class on sheep because no-one had seen anything like Uncle John was talking about–we came around to a close equivalent till we rounded up photos of extremely woolly goats! Ha~! Here’s Cesar below, sitting at the front of the class.
The toilet block we’ve built is all finished now, ready for the coats of paint.
Teaching cleanliness here in Africa is an extremely needed exercise, so we’ve started the school year with an emphasis on it, thanks to generous donations to supply for building the toilet & buying hand-washing units for the children.
Each week is seeing a LOT of tangible progress. The toilet is getting the roof today, after having the walls cemented smoothly.
It’s exciting that the toilet block has been built just in perfect time before the students come back.
Happy New Year friends! Well we’re excited as we’re off to a new start with … a brand new toilet block being constructed for the school for our orphans.
It’s far more efficient here in Uganda to do a project quickly with a bigger team, so the whole thing will be finished, cemented and painted within a week. We’re very excited and are so grateful to those of you who contributed to making it possible–just in time before the children return to school.
At the same time the roof of the second building is being completed. It’s so exciting seeing all this solid progress as properly ventilated, clean toilets for the children is essential. We have a lot to do before they come back to school in 10 days so … it’s not boring! =)
We can’t say how grateful we are to have been able to team work with so many of you across the world. Whether your contribution was in prayer, in sending donated items or sending donations, large or small, we couldn’t do without you! We pray the Lord blesses you for your giving. These children’s lives will never be the same!
It’s exciting working together with the orphans to improve their school! They just finished end of year exams, so now we were free to paint all the black boards.
Anisa & Sean teaching with a gorgeous new blackboard in the background.
It’s so nice for the kids to hear Character Building stories after their hard work during the exams last week. Here Sean & Deedz take time with each one, helping them understand these beautiful stories.
The last week of the term we used for improvements. Here the children are sanding their desks so they look nice & fresh when they come back to school.
The end of term allows some opportunity to relax and enjoy things together. Here Sean is playing drums with the boys, between practice for the girls’ dances.
Michael and Robin counseling about the next step for our P7 students
Teacher Mary with some of the P3 class– so happy to have moved into their airy, bright, spacious classrooms, even though they’re not yet painted.
One of our orphans in P3 (Primary third grade) so happy with how much she’s learning.
Teacher Jennifer our Science & Maths specialist.
It’s amazing how smoothly things are falling into place with the school refurbishing. Almost all the cementing & plastering is done, both inside & out for both buildings, and the roof on the second building has began. The kids are so excited about this new, fresh place to study! Thank you so much to each of you who has contributed to help this dream become a reality!
We’re seeing real progress as the cabbages continue to grow! Having harvested 2 batches, the next are on their way.
Rajan here inspecting the latest batch, and below, teaching the workers how to use the grasscutter. Elephant grass is a real challenge, but is also tremendous for mulch.
The next batch, ready to be transplanted in a couple days:
