The power went off as I was writing this blog earlier this afternoon, and I am not sure if it is lost.
So to recapulate, we had a very busy day yesterday, trying to cut out knickers but being constantly interrupted.The main issue was buying "The Requirements " for those two clever pupils,
Ismail and Junior.At the last moment, one of the most popular and good secondary schools in Hoima came up with a scholarship for Ismail, whose results in the Primary Leaving Exam was the second best in the county.Mandela Secondary has a list of "requirements" as long as your arm, being a boarding school and so Pat and I had to go to the bank so that both Ismail and Junior could get everything specified from toothpaste and a plate to shoes plus sandals,a mosquito net and of course uniform!Sallie had influenced the head teacher of Kitara Model school to give Junior a scholarship and his list of requirements was only a little shorter than Ismail's. Pat and I felt it a privilege to be able to help two poor boys get a good education. Ismail's father earns a living as a labourer and Junior lives with a bedridden grandmother. His aunt who worked as a gleaner in the sugar fields and is responsible for I don't know how many people, was involved in a terrible accident last year, when the sugar lorry she was travelling in ran into the swamp when it's brakes failed. 19 people were killed and over 45 badly injured - many falling on their razor sharp pangas. One arm is still in plaster. She is the main breadwinner.
We had given the ,4 pupils who all achieved a First Grade Pass in that P.L.E a treat on Friday, a treat by taking them to the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.
This is picture of Rev. Elizabeth outside her new church at Katasenywa where Pat and I went to worship this morning and met Mary Mukonyezi who is noe the Headteacher ofKatasenywa Primary school
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