The road to Bbira is mixed. The bitumen section is excellent - including a new section that was being upgraded when we were here 2 years ago - but the dirt component requires much patience as it needs to be driven VERY slowly.
On arrival at Bbira, we met Maureen, the Principal of Hope Secondary School. Maureen took us on a quick tour of the Secondary facilities. As always, the quality of the Watoto buildings and the positive attitude of the Watoto students is striking!
Following this we met up with John, the Head teacher of the I D Reymer Primary School. John took us on a tour of the primary facilities - again, very impressive.
John also took us down to one of the P7 classes - where we met Hufusa, our Watoto Sponsor Child. It was amazing to see the spontaneous delight on her face when she came to the classroom door and saw who was there - she ran up to me and gave me the BIGGEST of hugs. To be honest, it was quite an emotional experience.
Hafusa took us on a tour of the Watoto village, including her cluster of homes. She introduced us to Eddy, her brother and Freida, her Watoto mother. It was great to sit with Hufusa and see the excitement on her face as she read letters from Sonia and Hannah. She was speechless (and teary) when she opened her gift box. I think she'll have lots of fun showing all her friends her new silver bracelet.
As we'd promised John that we'd return Hufusa to her classroom at 6pm for her practice Examination as a Candidate for Secondary schooling (marking the end of her Primary education) we quickly made our way back to her classroom. On our arrival we were met by three P7 teachers. We prayed with Hufusa and said goodbye. We also prayed with the three teachers.
As I'd promised John that I would drop into his office before leaving, we also did this. Two hours later we were on our way home. We had a very interesting chat with John about his upbringing and his passion to see his students excel whilst under his care. He also shared a little about his work as Head teacher. One of the interesting things we found out about his work was that he wrote the Watoto Anthem - which he happily sang for us.
Our trip home was fairly uneventful except that I took one too many left turns, which resulted in a much longer trip home and the need to access Google Maps as I wasn't quite sure where we were and I was certain that I hadn't been down some of the roads before.
Eventually we made it home - safe and sound.
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