Today was the earliest morning yet. We had to leave at 7:30 to drive for an hour and a half to reach our first destination, which was St.Anthonys school for the hearing impaired. I think it is needless to say that it was the quietest school I had ever been to.
First they showed us the dorms. The large rooms were crowded with bunk beds so close together you could barely walk between them. George (who was taking us around the school) told us that it was the parent’s job to buy the mattresses. He also said that some parents couldn't pay for the mattress so the children sleep on the bare wire. Next we were shown the vocational class rooms. The school only goes up to grade eight, so after that they work in these class rooms and learn things like wood work and sewing.
At the end of our visit at the school all the children assembled in the yard and we preformed a few sign songs for them. The kids were so thrilled to see that we had learned some sign for them. It was lots of fun and almost all of them joined in. After the songs we handed out suckers, I was surprised to see how well they all listened.
Around 11:40 (40 minutes after our planed leaving time) we left the school to head to our next destination, Neema house. Neema house is home to six girls, all of which were or would have become street girls. They were so happy to have us visit them. It surprised me to see how quickly they warmed up to us, in only minutes we were playing like old friends. We gave the girls all new out fits and they tried them on right away. It was a great day at Neema.
- posted by Sarah
Hi Sandy and team: Amazing work, watching from Belleville and wishing I was there. Stay safe and keep blogging. Marg
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