Distribution
Sawubona~
Finally the Container made it to us here in Underberg and consequently the last 2 days have been very busy and filled with running around and not a lot of time to write or reflect. I know you’re all busy people and to tell you everything that has happened over the last 2 days could and would fill a small encyclopedia (if one had the time or inclination to write it); so here’s the gist of it for you all.
We got up at the crack of dawn to go a lead the containers from where they were parked down outside the KFC to the Fordes’ dairy where it was being stored. This, as you can imagine, caused quite a spectacle in the town as the familiar van full of foreigners lead 2 huge containers through the midst of early morning traffic. Finally, though we got to where we were going and got ready to open and unload. We unloaded both containers in what Curtis thinks is record time (1 ½ hours) with the help of some of Daves’ workers. By then, we were ready to load up and go visit some schools. With the trailer full and both trunks full, we then drive off to deliver and distribute.
This point in the proceedings is the most public and you’ve no doubt all seen the pictures so I’ll just give you the bare bones. We visited the low cost school at Goxhill and our adopted school Comanga on that day, but time was going on and most of the schools were closing for the day.
The next day we loaded up again and made several trips back and forth to schools that were all fairly close because of time constraints, but we moved about 30 computers total and a lot of supplies to about 7 or 8 schools total that will benefit. When schools close around 2:30, we got ready to give out the approx. 80 bicycles that were unloaded. These bikes go to kids that show leadership, excellent scholarship and/or attendance at afterschool educational programs like Dancing Pencils. These are an incredibly important donation because to actually get to school they have to pay taxi drivers obscene amounts that are almost more than the school fees themselves. To get around this, the bikes are a huge part of helping families save money to send as many of their kids to school as possible.
Finally, on the final delivery to Mr. Sosibos school, we were treated to some traditional Zulu dancing. Watching the girls kick their feet up over their heads, and the boys to this slick little footwork, all perfectly timed to the beat of the drum and the singing and chanting was absolutely hypnotic and mesmerizing. I simply cannot imagine it in full dress and with the ceremony that surrounds it but i’m definitely going to be looking it up and watching some more of it when I get home.
Well that’s about it. We moved quite a bit of the stuff and made a lot of kids smile and hopefully made life even a little bit easier for the teachers here. We’re flying home tomorrow and I’m really looking forward to seeing my family, but I’m definitely leaving a part of my heart here in South Africa with all the people I’ve met and all the friends I’ve made.
This is my last post in SA, but I’ll make sure to update when I get home just one more time J
Thanks for reading and Sale Kahle!
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