Time is going by way too fast! Our days have been so full and busy - but great!
The youth camp was fantastic! Getting to see so many of our students together in one place, for the three days! We had very good attendance, 97 out of 105 students attended! Of the absent students, 2 were in their last year and sent word that they remained at school for extra prep for the big national exam!! A few were sick. Three of them will connect with us before we leave! Unfortunately, we removed 2 of the students from the list as they found other sponsorship.
The whole idea of working together on a community project for the afternoons was fantastic! The students really relaxed, and asked a lot of questions and generally worked to develop relationships with all of us! Some students, who have been in the program for a few years and hardly have said a word to Rachael or I were opening right up! What a great time!!!
The youth camp was fantastic! Getting to see so many of our students together in one place, for the three days! We had very good attendance, 97 out of 105 students attended! Of the absent students, 2 were in their last year and sent word that they remained at school for extra prep for the big national exam!! A few were sick. Three of them will connect with us before we leave! Unfortunately, we removed 2 of the students from the list as they found other sponsorship.
The whole idea of working together on a community project for the afternoons was fantastic! The students really relaxed, and asked a lot of questions and generally worked to develop relationships with all of us! Some students, who have been in the program for a few years and hardly have said a word to Rachael or I were opening right up! What a great time!!!
Schoolmates! Lambert and Dative are both supported by Pender Harbour Secondary! Seen here with Pender students Sam and Mackenzie! Below is the third student, KABANDA Claude, supported by the students going into grade 10 at Pender Harbour.
Today John, Jack and Diane left us to start their journey back to Ontario. We will miss them, they were a wonderful addition to our team and were a big help! Imagine travelling all the way to Rwanda to make such wonderful Canadian friends! We are now back to a team of 8!!!
Today we went to another potential new site for the 'Food Security' Program, Muse. We again were very excited about this site and the vision the parish pastor has for this community! One highlight form the information we gathered was the work they do with two associations of children they are working with - 15 children in each. They are starting young, teaching them the concept of savings and credit, how to generate money, and then manage it. Since they have started, all the children have their own rabbit!
Today we went to another potential new site for the 'Food Security' Program, Muse. We again were very excited about this site and the vision the parish pastor has for this community! One highlight form the information we gathered was the work they do with two associations of children they are working with - 15 children in each. They are starting young, teaching them the concept of savings and credit, how to generate money, and then manage it. Since they have started, all the children have their own rabbit!
Rachael conquering the Rwandan parallel bars!!
One of the young girls in the area! Her job is to look after a younger sibling!
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