Day 6: Can’t believe our first group
is almost over!
Congratulations graduating 1st
graders of New Hope Primary School!! I cannot believe how far they have come… Today
was their last day of their very first year of school and we had a closing
party to celebrate their success. The
party started out with games – we played everything! Hide and Seek was the best…
Ty at one point had all 30 children chasing him as he ran to “safe base”.
They ran relays, played dodgeball,
played duck duck goose (although they know it as Play-Ha)…until it was lunch time. Then the commotion and chatting stopped. Complete silence followed. It was
a HUGE meal with each child receiving 2 cups of rice smothered in onion,
carrot, and chicken stew. Each child
received an entire thigh of meat along with potato salad, beet root, and
shredded carrots on top (Thanks Mitali!).
And the crazy thing was – even our 4 year old preschoolers cleaned their
plates! Andrea asked the children what
their favorite part was… many children pointed at every single thing on their
plates repeating “This one’s my favorite and this one’s my favorite and this
one’s my favorite…”
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They then painted Give Hope Fight
Poverty thank you cards. For some of the
kids, it was their very first time with a paintbrush! And for others, more
paint landed on their face and fingernails than on the paper – but everyone had
fun and the masterpieces will be available as a pack of 5 thank you cards for a
$10 donation! (http://www.ifightpoverty.org/donate.html)
This evening we said goodbye to
the eLangeni kids. For Ty and me, we
will see them again in one week when we return from our honeymoon in Cape Town…
but for the others it was more final.
Lungelo asked if he could come to Malindza with us when we return
because he wants to help… these children never cease to amaze me…
This week we accomplished
everything on my to-do list and more:
1.
Planted fruit trees to offer a sustainable
nutrition source
2.
Paid our orphan education scholarships
3.
Enrolled Njabuliso in his automotive engineering
program
4.
Delivered food to child-headed homes
5.
Purchased brand new classroom furniture for New
Hope Primary School
6.
Gave brand new school shoes and backpacks to
Malindza orphaned students
7.
Provided electricity and water for New Hope
Primary School
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