On Tuesday we visited Sirende Elementary School. Cathy and Sally provided teacher training while the youth entertained the school children. We started with grades 1-4, which, in Canada might have been 100 students total. As we walked toward the field ready to sing our silly songs and play some games we saw nearly 500 students eagerly waiting to meet the Mazungas! We sang the moose song, Jesus Loves Me (we will rock you style), the penguin song, boogaloo and many others which they all enjoyed. We brought out the soccer balls and tried to divide into teams which turned into chaos but we all had a great time. The grade 5-7 classes joined us next, again around 500 students ran towards us! They had fun with our songs and games. The soccer was a bit more organized, although one of the soccer balls got stuck in a tree. So, naturally one of the students climbed the 50 foot high tree to get it! We took a video of him on the way down, we will post this soon if we can get it working, it was incredible!
Here you can see him just under the leaves:
Here are a few more pictures from the day.
Overall, the day went well. It was hopeful to hear the story of Sirende school. Sandy has been visiting the school for a while now and they have come a long way, adding new classrooms and more teachers to the school. Although the students have so little they gain so much from their education. I was so grateful to have spent time with these students and have been filled with the joy they shared with us.
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