nguluwe school

Here is a new school that was sponsored by Positive Steps (charity in UK) through Jane and a dutch group who know Mark and Loes who were here for 10 months in 2011. It took quite a bit of doing to get it done. They discussed with Orphan Care and found the village community. Had meetings with the village head and committee…they were given an area and started building…that the foundation dug and had a ground breaking ceremony with lots of speeches and ceremonial brick laying…


and then as things were supposed to get started there was some vandalism to the foundation. After lots of false starts and no communication they found that the chief had given land but the community didn’t want the school there…or something to that effect. It got to the point that they were about to pull out and find somewhere else to build. Gave them another chance with a new location—close to the place where the old school (under a large tree) was located. The community had to build the toilet and the kitchen before they would start the school again as a good faith measure. And there was a timeline that needed to be followed…it did happen. And was to be finished before mark and loes left…but time was getting close and then there was a funeral in the village…so they didn’t get to see for themselves the finished product but here are some pictures…a classroom (above) the kitchen (below)