Wednesday 18 April 2012

Togo: Glekondji

From Togo 2012
Today we visited Glekondji, a village about an hour and a half from our Lomé home base. The children were ecstatic when we showed them each piece of the bedkit ~- each item elicited more cheers than the last.

The air was cool and thanks to our partners at AED, the line went smoothly. As usual, the kids were nervous as they sat down to have their pictures taken, but soon loosened up as our team made funny faces and asked them to smile! The expressions on their faces as they received their mattress and school bag stuffed full of wonderful gifts were beautiful to see and made each one of us very happy to be here and to be a part of the team.

We left the school after having met the principal and giving him gifts of toys, balloons, paper to be used in the classroom and a beautiful book with pictures of people from all over the world.

After tomorrow we are halfway through our distribution. Time has passed quickly … what a beautiful country, a beautiful people, and a beautiful experience.


PS: The chickens are still alive … but not for long!

Eleanor Uddo
for Team Togo 2012



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