...Go away to Texas
You know it is deep when if you take a sudden step you could end up under the water. That is exactly how the school was the day our team went in to try and rescue some of the books, paperwork and furniture in our local elementary school. It is not our school, just a school we have close relationship with, a local government school where we do education sponsorship, breakfast club and "supply a teacher."
The school is the catchment for two larger squatter communities and this year it didn't even have enough chairs to accomodate all its students. Thanks to education sponsors we were starting to change that problem. Breakfast club provides a healthy meal to students before they start the school day and supply a teacher helps teachers with items for their classroom to assist in their teaching.
This relationship has grown over time and it is heartbreaking to see the disaster that is still on going even today. The water is still 2 feet deep in places today and the students are currently "attending" class in a covered court not too far away but that is a tough situation to teach so many children.
What can you do to help? Pray, we need the water to recede before we can clean up and start again. Help us to buy a pump and some hoses to help get the water out faster, it is tough during wet season to beat the rain but a pump would still speed up the process and hopefully if installed well it will create a way to stop the school from flooding like that again. Additionally, we are still on the hunt for some extra rice to help us with breakfast club.
Pictures
Left from the top:
School yard under water; Glen and Sarah rescuing what they can; Inside one of the classrooms.
Right from the top:
Breakfast club; Outside forming part of the chain transfering items.
