Hope Prep and journeys end.
The pupils have took to their new school well. I was with them in the morning before going to the Waterloo Health Centre to deliver sterile gloves and gowns, syringes an pain killers.
The staff are at the school are so appreciate and very very proud of the new working environment. It is nice and cool as the windows have been designed on each side of the building to allow the air to pass through and keep the room cool. You can feel the cool when you walk in from the outside.
The new toilets are also a welcome addition to the school. The three toilets have already been designated as boys, girls and staff. The brother of Fannyann who is now proprietor of the school has informed me that they have had an increase in registrations for next year as word of the new school spread around the village so he is very happy.
No one advised the parents that the children would be moving buildings. At the end of the day the parents turned up at the old building to collect their children. They were not happy parents!
It is now the rainy season in Sierra Leone and as you will see from the video below - when it rains, it rains. 10 minutes later it was sunny and 32 degrees again, but the air was fresher.
I gave out some football shirts at lunch time - it was fun but absolute chaos.
When I said good bye to the staff at the school the embraces that have been given to each other in the past have become sincere hugs and there is a strong affiliation between us. I gave a farewell speech in Krio and made my way to the airport via the Health Centre.
Thank you for following the blog. See you all in school on Monday. A say tenki una all.
Children running to new building
Nice big spacious building (so happy to see this compared to the old school)
New school.
Farewells - Mr Israel Doherty and Mr Malcolm Doherty (far left - brothers of Fannyann) - with teachers
Football shirts being distributed
Bye bye to Hope Prep children.
The staff are at the school are so appreciate and very very proud of the new working environment. It is nice and cool as the windows have been designed on each side of the building to allow the air to pass through and keep the room cool. You can feel the cool when you walk in from the outside.
The new toilets are also a welcome addition to the school. The three toilets have already been designated as boys, girls and staff. The brother of Fannyann who is now proprietor of the school has informed me that they have had an increase in registrations for next year as word of the new school spread around the village so he is very happy.
No one advised the parents that the children would be moving buildings. At the end of the day the parents turned up at the old building to collect their children. They were not happy parents!
It is now the rainy season in Sierra Leone and as you will see from the video below - when it rains, it rains. 10 minutes later it was sunny and 32 degrees again, but the air was fresher.
I gave out some football shirts at lunch time - it was fun but absolute chaos.
When I said good bye to the staff at the school the embraces that have been given to each other in the past have become sincere hugs and there is a strong affiliation between us. I gave a farewell speech in Krio and made my way to the airport via the Health Centre.
Thank you for following the blog. See you all in school on Monday. A say tenki una all.
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