Today we went to the school to say good bye for the summer. We managed to bring lots of stuff, clothes, copy paper, blankets, towels, shoes etc. Some of it was donated by expat families leaving Nairobi. We also brought some cash for Dixon to buy lunch for the kids that lost everything in the flash-flood. George did a great job and managed to buy three rooms. Two that we already rented, but that is going to lower the monthly costs with 7000 kes and one that we thought we'd never get. It is located in the middle of the school ground. He has a great opportunity with the five remaining rooms, except for one where the man living there really doesn't want to move. I realize I need to update the map.... there are even more small "alleys" that I didn't know existed! We had a long talk about our plans and discussed doing a new fund-raising in august. We're going to need the money to fix the rooms once George has bought them all. I was not feeling well at all, but I'm glad I went!
Carrying stuff to the office Discussions with George
One of the new rooms This room is going to be bigger when we're done
The school entrance
In Excellent school "every student is excellent" (according to Reverend George), so no one gets kicked out. Only a third of the students guardians can pay the fees, so you can imagine the financial situation in the school. One of the biggest problems is that there is not enough money to pay the teachers so sometimes they can't afford to stay and teach in the school.
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