Yesterday (Saturday) saw us drive Peter and four teachers (from Kyampisi School) to Kampala to purchase teacher reference books, student workbooks, school readers, reference material, classroom resources, Bible devotionals, sports equipment, furniture and staff uniforms.
A full day and a little over 4,000,000 schillings ($1,600) brought smiles to the faces of the teachers, not to mention Peter and Moses (KCM Board Chair).
Each of the resources will make a huge difference to the quality of the teaching and learning across the classrooms. The students will be the big winners!
For at least two of the teachers, it was their first time shopping at an inner-city Shopping Centre. This highlighted to me the importance of village teachers getting out of their comfort zone and broadening their horizons - something we probably take for granted in Australia.
Our trip home to the Jesus House was fun as the back of the KCM 4WD was absolutely packed. Peter squeezed into the back with the new purchases. Every time I drive over a bump he yelled out 'slow down'. Just to clarify, I was only driving between 5-10km/hour for much of the journey home.
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