We are back and rolling onward with tasks.
A few days ago, the 5th grade had a blast painting letters to make out a
sign saying “Wema Children’s Centre.” Today we took a picture for their website with the children holding their posters. (Picture #1)
For the touching moment of the day, three little girls don’t have shoes, so we brought them into town after class and bought them shoes. The little girl on the left is named Zenna, and she is a precious little girl, but she doesn’t say a word and I have never seen her smile. She is only 5 years old and a recent orphan. She speaks her mother tongue and little Swahili, and she is very shy, living very much in her own world. When we put black school shoes on her, she didn’t want to walk and looked quite upset. It probably feels pretty strange to wear shoes if you aren’t used to it, so we bought them all a pair of sandals as well. She didn’t like the sandals either, but at least she looked a little happier. The older girl, Lucy, however was very proud of her new shoes. She cracked a big smile and kept looking down at her new shoes with delight as we walked back.
We also went to their tree farm. The directors purchased 3 acres, and planted trees to follow the Millennium development goals for environmental sustainability and in hopes of using the wood as building material and firewood when the trees mature. We took video of the directors talking about the needs of Wema and about their commitment to the future of their community.
Alex helped to set up a Penpal program with his high school, having the oldest students here communicate with seniors at his old high school. Every day at 5:00 we teach computer and HIV, and the students love it! They tell us everyday not to forget to come teach them computer. Many of these 17 and 18 year olds have never touched a computer, and their joy at seeing Microsoft Word and just learning how to type their names is incredible.
Until later!
-Laura
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