Long ago--in December-- the Montessori children purchased backpacks and filled them with colored pencils, crayons, pencil sharpeners, and small notebooks along with a carefully drawn "note" for their rafikis (friends) in Kenya. Our hope was that these backpacks would help our friends attend school regularly.
With the help of Lloydie Zaiser and her organization, KEST, our backpacks were delivered to Nymbani Village in January just as the new school term began.
Mrs. Zaiser visited Montessori to share some pictures of her delivery. While the Kenyan children were very excited to receive new backpacks--and maybe the only backpacks they will ever have--she had to actually teach them to wear it on their backs!
Our rafiki sent thank you notes to us! They practiced their third language--English-- to write to us!
When Mrs. Zaiser visited the PCDA Maasai village school she brought 91 new pairs of shoes for the children.
We were very interested to see the children dressed in their uniforms and wearing their new shoes. Each child kept the box as a treasure chest!
Happy children!
Happy feet!
Look carefully at this picture. Next to school kitchen there is a new cistern as well as new gutters and pipes! The Woods water management project is now providing water for cooking and washing.
Our "Pennies for Water" collected $127.00 for this water management project.
Thank you Montessori Families!
Our seventh grade leaders are teaching us more about the importance of water, especially in African villages.
and asking if we will join them to finish the project by working to raise money to provide a generator, more pipes, and a system of water troughs. We said, "yes!" It fills our buckets to help others!
Montessori is going to collect pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Our jars are ready!
"Let there be joy in our laughter, love in our thoughts, hope in our lives, and peace in our hearts."
