CanadiansforAfricaBlog

Today we worked more at the construction site, and we visited two schools. The visits to the schools were a highlight for me, as a teacher! At one school we specifically met with “Standard 7″ and “Standard 4″ … we met with the Standard 7 because the Grade 7 classes at Gateway Christian School in Red Deer, Alberta had raised the money for the “Gateway House” that will be the new home for Juma and Haruna, Sabina and the other orphans.

We met with Standard 4 to give the gift that the Grade 4 students of Gateway Christian School had made for the students in Tabora Tanzania. It was overwhelming to stand in front of MANY students … eager and hungry to be in school and to learn. School is a privilege here and not something everyone is able to experience due to the extreme poverty. The students were packed into a barren classroom, with wooden benches and rough tables, old chalk boards and simple paper notebooks … Wearing their uniforms proudly, so excited to see us, and so excited to be in school! It was wonderful! We greeted them and shared about Canada.

We sang our National Anthem for them and truly felt blessed to be among them! We then went outside and presented the school with athletic equipment donated by North Star Sports … we had a blast trying to teach them how to throw a football (they call soccer “football” here and do not play our form of football at all) and
double dutch skipping and how to use a frisbee, etc. It was great fun and much laughter!

Tags: gifts

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