Village School Party

My colleague Carena, who also teaches at a village school, had her farewell party and some of us LHA staff were invited. I've known the kids at the school from the field trip so it was a wonderful way to see them one last time as well. 

I'm really proud of my colleague and how she has progressed with the school. This is not just an English school for the village; it's practically the only school. It's questionable how many of the 40-50 children in the village even go to public school. In a setting in which an education institution is lacking, it's very difficult to implement a learning environment. Children are not used to sitting down quietly to learn so discipline is a huge problem. Also as the school only had one makeshift classroom in the middle of a residential house, there were chickens and dogs running around during class which is quite unthinkable in a normal school setting. Nevertheless the children have learned how to read the alphabet and talk in simple conversational English in which I was very impressed. I can see that the children's' pronunciation has improved over the weeks as well. And mind you, Carena is German. It's fascinating to see the progress of learning and I really do hope that these kids will continue to be exposed to an educational environment.