Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Visit Octobre 2017




I went down in the rain and by the time I got near Gaza the weather cleared and was gorgeous. Sabah and Wassel met me and we began to visit a school at the north with the aim of seeing two schools by day and some poor families.
Al Arabia School was the first where we found the children busy with their number and colors. One set of children played with toys on the rug in each class. Two classes took turns going to the play yard where they sat at tables and each received a delicious apple. This is a real treat as none get any of this costly fruit at home. This school, hopefully this month, will be getting an enlarged Kitchen and the children’s bathroom area will be separated from the kitchen.
After we went to the Saygie area where we found again the children very busy studying. The classrooms were clean and orderly. This school needs boards put along the wall so the children’s work can be put up.
We visited two homes, one of 14 people which included three families. The second home was that of an elderly couple of whom both were suffering from orthopedic problems and neither could barely walk.
Following these visits, Sabah, Wassel and I studied our financial situation to see how we can manage to help some added very poor families who still need food and blankets etc.
I visited Grada who helps in the parish and found that her elderly parents are very weak. Her Father especially needs care most of the day and the night. She was exhausted.
The following day we went to the Middle Camps area where both schools are located. Again, the children were busy at work. This day both schools were serving large buns with chocolate and one school was serving a dish of hot sweet corn also to the children. Each school has some needs for more tables and chairs and such. The same morning Fr. Mario offered us two large round tables and some nice playground equipment and this will be given to one of the schools.
We had some banking to do and were invited to Fawyseh’s for a quick dinner before I left again for the boarder. It was a full two days.

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