Wednesday 26 March 2014

24.3.14 4 schools in a day!

As usual at Jamwelly we were awake with the sunrise.  The pupils here start to arrive before 7.30am and so we were quick to pack away our things and get the classroom back to normal before lessons began.  Channeh arrived and the children lined up for their Monday morning assembly.  We had brought a box full of toothbrushes and toothpaste, one for each child, and after prayers, a song and a short lecture about forthcoming exams, the children passed into the classrooms one at a time and collected a brush and the paste.  The teachers had to explain how to use the toothpaste, only a little at a time as some of the children had started eating it because of the nice taste.  Lessons began and Chris and Olivia went into class to observe, Steve took Channeh and Sago (head of the School Management committee) into Kaur for a meeting and then returned for the three of us.  We left and went to the cafe in Kaur for breakfast before visiting the Lower Basic School where we were pleased to see the new library was open for the pupils to use.  We delivered two more tables for them and then set off for Loumen for our next visit.  We arrived in Loumen just before breaktime and delivered the boxes we had brought for them.  The garden here has been fenced and 68 plots have all been pegged out ready for planting the new seeds.  We watched the classes for a while and then it was break time when all the pupils line up, first to wash their hands, then to eat, then to wash their hands again.  After a short meeting with the head teacher, Mr Bah, we set off again to reach Kumbija, just after 1pm when the children had finished for the day.  It is very very hot today and so we spent the afternoon just trying to keep cool.  We set up our beds for the night, I had a lie down, Chris sat with her feet in a bucket of cold water, Olivia kept having her head in cold water and Steve said he wouldn't move!  The temperature was around 45 degrees.   Eventually it started to cool down and we were able to sit and chat on the verandah before our evening meal arrived.  We sat under the stars and ate dinner and then retired for the night.

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