28th February, and Judith came too!

Monday, up early as it had rained hurray! Cool and wonderful! Did wake up to my usual friend showing off at 4 but went back to sleep until 7.30.
There was a delay in leaving as Innocent was waiting for some money to arrive by boda-boda! It was my money that Innocent was keeping in his account for me. We needed some to pay the fees of Sadat, the child who fees were now being paid by Vicki and family. Amazing how easy things are here in a lot of ways. The boda man arrived, money was passed over and then we were off to GLJS.
I had arranged to go through my lesson on Kilimanjaro with the Social Studies teacher Grace in preparation for P7s lesson on the mountain which is in their curriculum and a subject close to my heart of course with it being the start of my 24 year adventure in Africa! We got to Uhuru, the summit of Kilimanjaro, at 10.30 am on 21st October 2001 and my first visit to Uganda was for a month the following July 2002. The chart I made many years ago and used numerous times in schools is showing its age but still workable. I hope P7 enjoys my lesson on Thursday. Just a shame I haven’t got any props with me!

The P1 children stood as I entered and welcomed me. I shared with them the story of the Gingerbread Man. Their English is little so Ibrahim and the class teacher Hajjira, when she could get a word in (!!) translated in very enthusiastic ways. The children enjoyed the ‘shading’ too making GBM puppets. I had taken two of the real GBM my daughter Sara had made me to bring to Uganda, which Judith cut up to share. Ibrahim asks if I can be on his staff permanently!
It was wonderful and certainly kept the children interested. The photos and video demonstrate the fun we had.
We finished off with 5 Little Monkeys Swinging in a tree, teasing Mr Crocodile 🐊 you can’t catch me! Along came the crocodile 🐊 as quiet as can be snapped up a monkey 🐵 and ate him for his tea! Again Ibrahim and the Hajjira were so enthusiastic it made my job very easy and the children loved it of course!