Week 60 (9 – 15 Sep 2007)
On Sunday we walked to Kuluva (30 minutes uphill) and spent the next 30 minutes recovering. We sat with Ann and Alan and managed to arrange a further time to meet before they were whisked off to a fund-raising event in a local village. That’s something we’ve managed to avoid so far! I also managed to get our new battery charged. No mean feat as it takes two people to lift it.
No lesson on Monday and I can’t remember what we did. Probably talking with neighbours, reading a lesson preparation again.
Ann and Alan walked from Kuluva to see us and stayed for lunch on Tuesday and through till near tea time. Being new, they have a lot of questions and fortunately we have a few answers. They have experience on other parts of the world on short visits and also visited Arua last December so had more of an idea of what to expect. And they have electricity and taps in their house. But we had a good time together.
A further quiet day on Wednesday with the main event being sorting out the school timetable for the term. There have been a number of key staff changes and fitting in with all limitations wasn’t easy.
We went to town on Thursday and had lunch with Cathy and her children. Cathy tries to find something different each time we go and so today we had rabbit. It was very good even though the local men regard it as not being proper meat and only suitable for women and children! Ann and Alan managed to buy some plants so we gave them a lift back to Kuluva and stopped for a cup of tea. We said hello to their Scottish neighbours, Molly and Isobel whom we haven’t seen for a while.
The “highlight” of Friday was the staff meeting (11am to 1.30pm) followed by lunch. Many issues were discussed and we even made some decisions. Again. It is a challenge to find ways of ensuring that decisions are turned into actions. As everyone has other priorities and simply living is a challenge let alone transport and family commitments, it’s not surprising that issues and changes in school take a much lower priority. And England lost to South Africa (0-36). But I won’t comment on that as Ireland will lose something soon.
I think we rested on Saturday – or continued to prepare for next week.
No lesson on Monday and I can’t remember what we did. Probably talking with neighbours, reading a lesson preparation again.
Ann and Alan walked from Kuluva to see us and stayed for lunch on Tuesday and through till near tea time. Being new, they have a lot of questions and fortunately we have a few answers. They have experience on other parts of the world on short visits and also visited Arua last December so had more of an idea of what to expect. And they have electricity and taps in their house. But we had a good time together.
A further quiet day on Wednesday with the main event being sorting out the school timetable for the term. There have been a number of key staff changes and fitting in with all limitations wasn’t easy.
We went to town on Thursday and had lunch with Cathy and her children. Cathy tries to find something different each time we go and so today we had rabbit. It was very good even though the local men regard it as not being proper meat and only suitable for women and children! Ann and Alan managed to buy some plants so we gave them a lift back to Kuluva and stopped for a cup of tea. We said hello to their Scottish neighbours, Molly and Isobel whom we haven’t seen for a while.
The “highlight” of Friday was the staff meeting (11am to 1.30pm) followed by lunch. Many issues were discussed and we even made some decisions. Again. It is a challenge to find ways of ensuring that decisions are turned into actions. As everyone has other priorities and simply living is a challenge let alone transport and family commitments, it’s not surprising that issues and changes in school take a much lower priority. And England lost to South Africa (0-36). But I won’t comment on that as Ireland will lose something soon.
I think we rested on Saturday – or continued to prepare for next week.
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