This visit was for two days to catch up on the schools especially. I was able to visit all five schools. The children were hard at work in their workbooks given them by the government after they receive their permit. Yet I found that they had no other materials to work with. The last two years we did not have to provide these things, as two other organizations gave them in September for the entire year. Only one school had a few toys the other schools had none.
Many of the larger providers there have stopped their programs due to government controls. For me it was very hard to witness these schools working with almost nothing.
The meals which we provide for the children were very nice. One school said that they have no absences due to the good meals that are served. One little girl of five put her sandwich in her school bag right away. When we asked her why she didn’t eat it she said that she had a little sister at home who needed it. The teacher said that she often does this. One school in the Mara zee area will especially need our help to come up to the local standards.as no other NGO is helping them.
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