Today, we began our first day of serving and learning in Botswana. Cassie Schreiner is our student blogger for the day as we continue our journey.
“Our group of students and faculty split into three separate teams. Each team went to a different organization (the same organizations we visited yesterday). One group went to Kamogelo Orphans, a teaching day care center for children ages, three to six. The organization focuses on teaching English and also serves breakfast and lunch. A second group went to Holy Cross Hospice Kindergarten. They worked on building a fence to go around the garden area.“
“Our group of eight headed to the S.O.S. Children’s Project. Since we had two work projects, we split into two smaller work teams. Our team tilled a new area for planting tomatoes and onions. We finished tilling one-half of the area. Next, Alvin, an S.O.S. volunteer and engineering student, from the University of Botswana, showed us around this magnificent campus. The buildings include a kindergarten, library, housing facilities, computer lab, laundry facilities, and others. We ended the tour in the kindergarten. Playing with the children was the greatest reward for all of our hard work; they were so sweet. Each child automatically referred to us as “teacher, teacher.” Like most children, they were so excited about the cameras. They loved the idea of having their picture taken. We were sad to leave them; however, we will be back next week to finish working on our individual projects.”
Thanks Cassie. I served on the tilling team and we do look forward to finishing this project. Then S.O.S. can continue to grow vegetables for providing nourishment for the children and youth living on their campus.
Until next time,
Bernard Turner