Progress Update
In August, two special kiwis, Pete and Diane Williams
from
From the broken ceilings:
And, with lots of work.......
Removing the damaged boards Classroom doubling as a workshop Pete hard at work ...ooohhh the neck!
Look what the school finished up with….. !!!!
Meantime, Diane cleaned, scraped, sanded and plastered
walls in readiness for painting and helped organise new notice boards for all
of the classrooms. Pete repaired the leak in the kitchen roof which kept
dousing the fire…
The old notice board and The new noticeboard
Everyone pitched in ….. using low tech solutions to reach those hard-to-get places
But all too soon, it was time to say Thank you and
Good bye ….
Siena giving her thank you speech and teachers in traditional clothing to say farewell to Pete and Diane
All of this activity, and the rest that will follow,
has only been achieved with grateful thanks to all of those generous people who
have donated to the project and, of course, to Diane and Peter Williams, as our first volunteers, for
their immeasurable donation of time and effort ….
Diane
and Pete report that they were not sure what they were letting themselves in for ...."but there were
funny moments...we did enjoy interacting with everyone...they are
so genuine and warm... and came away feeling very appreciated for
our efforts...we understood their appreciation when we realized
how many children and schools there are in townships and how
hard it will be for the govt to ever provide enough.
It felt good to make a little difference. We feel our
experience at the school was the cream on the cake after a great holiday in Southern Africa which included
mixing with Springbok rugby supporters, and viewing many animals
in nearby Kruger National Park."