I got to the school yesterday to find it had been flooded by heavy rains overnight. No problem, my kids just piled up the tables, picked up the brooms, trudged to the well with buckets and proceeded to clean the place up! Nobody asked them to, nothing was said, they just did it. And they did it at the expense of playing rugby outside.
This typifies the people here. Life is rough but they just get on with it. And, they respect every small thing they have. The kids love the school - it is their refuge.
I have one kid, Douglas who has a pair of sunnies broken in half - just one lens. He wears it proudly...Rogers has a half phone hanging on a chain around his neck. He pretends to take photos all day.
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Majo wondering what the big deal is
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Food has officially run out now, so I am switching from daily bananas to their staple Nshima. A kind of porridge made from maize which is very high in carbs and sits in their bellies better than the bananas do. The school's funding comes from an Irish church but when it's gone...it's gone. The government gives them nothing. Folks at the backpackers are very supportive - a couple of the boys are even going to buy another bag of maize meal for the kids which is really cool.
had a tear reading this post, we are so lucky and our kids,my god!!!!! wish I could send over some food but that's how everyone feels hey...., keep up the good work.....I'm making sure my boys read this as well to get a bit of an idea of what you're doing.......
ReplyDeletecan't comment on the blog as it keeps saying I have a google account which I don't know about????? not as IT savvy as the other half.......
Go Orf! you are special!
ReplyDeletewow they definatly respect everything they have and don't waste anything! unlike us people who through away hundreds of kg of stuff that can be recycled,given to charity, kept as leftovers. like no one understand how poor some parts of the world!
ReplyDeleteI think that was great of them to just clean up the school not having to be told.
At your world-levelling best, my friend...
ReplyDeleteMaybe what you could do is keep fleecing those
laggardly backpackers - with your unthreatening frame and cheerful smile, after several of the local brews, they should be a soft touch!
Go you good thing!
Fred V