So...I TALKED TO BONNIE BOO YESTERDAAAAAAAAAY!!! It made me so happy and it was so good to hear her voice. Yay Bonnie! I miss her.
But now I have a little more time to write the stuff that I wanted to!
So...yesterday morning, I went to this school. It was about a 15 minute boda drive away up in the hills of Mukono district. It was Abby and I and this guy named Jefferson who has been involved with HELP for a while and is over Mamatoto's Choir! So this school is seriously made of sticks and tin. If there were to be a rainstorm, the kids would get SOAKED. It's a nursery school for 3-6 year olds. They built this school because these kids had to walk 2.5 Kilometers to get to the closest nursery school and they were getting kidnapped and sacrificed by some tribe who believes God will bless them with income if they sacrifice little children. SCARY. And people...this is like JANUARY that they built this school. This isn't 10 years ago. This is a few months ago that this happened. One of the guys over Mamatoto's choir owns this land and the mamatoto guys gathered ALL the money they could to put into this school...the structure, the school supplies, etc. The parents only pay 5000 UG shillings each semester (a little under $2.50) to send their kids to this school and that money is only to pay the teachers. The rest is funded by the good of these Mamatoto guys hearts. There are three teachers in this one "room" trying to teach and talk over each other. They do not get ANY funding for the government and are doing everything they can. They want to build a one-room schoolhouse in order to use it for the nursery school AND as a community center where women's groups can meet..english classes...etc. If ANY of you reading this have any ideas for funds, PLEASE let me know! If anyone needs a fundraising project, we would love to get started on this asap! Anyways, let me know! Of all of the projects I am doing, this is one that I am so excited about and that really really need the help. They will be providing the labor and everything...so this is not just us giving them something. Cause that would be pointless. Love you all!
Monday, June 1, 2009
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