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| From Tanzania 2012 |
Well another 700 children will sleep well tonight after our distribution today in Kibugumo, Tanzania. We arrived early to site different from our other distribution days -- today we rode the ferry! We brought the van load of travelling volunteers and bedkits on a 5-minute ferry ride with many other vehicles and busy locals. Due to the large size and weight of the mattress trucks -- they drove the long way around and met us at the site.
We arrived to see a school with some gardens and lots of greenery -- trees (several palm trees), shrubs, plants, and bushes -- and butterflies! The students were sweeping the dirt with their personal brooms made of sticks, while others were filling their plastic bottles with water from the well to water all the plants and grass.
The students joined in singing songs with us and giving high 5’s before the bell rang when they gathered to sing the national anthem and then rushed into the classrooms (hoping to get a seat in a desk and not on the floor) to start their lessons. Ted talked to the parents, (See video below.) explaining the items of the bedkits and with the announcement of each item, the response was cheering and applause. We had government members present during the distribution who participated and will participate in the bedkit selection process. They were observing the end result of the work they had started earlier, as well as talking to those involved in the process, including the families.
We left the and drove away watching the overseas volunteers drink from coconuts, and the older students spread out in the yard writing a test.
Team Tanzania 2012
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| From Tanzania 2012 |
