The highlight of our week was the Kaminembe handover ceremony.
The 3 classroom, 2 office building was completed, 60 new desks provided,
and a new borehole drilled. The community worked hard on their part
and everything was finished on time. Lots of dancing, singing, and speeches.
These are usually all day events for us.
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| Finished Classroom Building. Looks Fantastic! All built by the Locals. |
As we were gathering, they did a little dance about an animal
being hunted by a hunter and chased by the women.
Not sure exactly what it all meant.
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| The 7 headmen from the 7 villages that attend this school. |
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| The dignitaries seated under the thatched shelter. This is where some of the grades met for school, seated on rocks and bricks. |
The ladies singing a song about everyone pulling the rope
together to accomplish the work.
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| A choir of older school kids leading the singing of the National Anthem. Then Prayer was offered. |
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| School children trying to find shade. It was a pretty warm day but they stayed through the 2 hour ceremony. |
A band played and sang several songs. Can you see their instruments?
Some were great homemade instruments.
Celebrations going on in the new classrooms.
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| Ribbon Cutting ceremony at the new borehole. |
Grandpa pumping water for the kids at the new borehole.
Grandma had her own party this week with a meeting of the Sisters only.
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| Sisters night at the Mission Home. |
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| Hawaiian Haystacks for dinner. |
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| Helping with the dishes. |
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