Our Director recently visited Gosen Combined School to size up future scholars. They're all looking good!
Le Director also dropped in on current scholars, who are dispersed among five area senior secondary schools. The first stop was Ekulo SSS to see Matheus Gabriel, Sheepo Sakeus, and Sakarias David.
A few moments were devoted to encouraging these gentlemen along in their studies but most of our time together was spent exhorting them to tie their shoes lest they trip and hurt themselves.
The next stop on our tour of area senior secondary schools was Uukule SSS, where roughly half our scholars historically attend. Currently enrolled from left to right are Uuta Frans, Immanuel Ester, Shilunga Beata, Petrus Johannes (directly behind Beata), Hamalwa Fillemon, Uugwanga Martha, and Kangumu Rhys.
The next stop on our tour of area senior secondary schools was Uukule SSS, where roughly half our scholars historically attend. Currently enrolled from left to right are Uuta Frans, Immanuel Ester, Shilunga Beata, Petrus Johannes (directly behind Beata), Hamalwa Fillemon, Uugwanga Martha, and Kangumu Rhys.
Since time was tight the plan was to meet with school admin to pay their fees then see the students long enough to say hello and not much more, but they insisted on a tour of their classrooms as a collective group. It put us way behind schedule, but that's just the way things go in Namibia. All good since a few laughs are far more memorable than whether or not you were able to keep to an arbitrary schedule, or at least that's what we say on this here blog to justify the lack of media from those class visits. The problem when your Director and Media Relations Coordinator are the same person is that the Director is a bit chatty, and when he gets going the Media Relations Coordinator sometimes forgets to stop and turn the camera on.
After visiting Uukule we dropped in on Nghiryemata Sonia at Nehale SSS. Since she was our only scholar there the Director took a photo with her so she wouldn't look so lonely in our blog recap.
After visiting Uukule we dropped in on Nghiryemata Sonia at Nehale SSS. Since she was our only scholar there the Director took a photo with her so she wouldn't look so lonely in our blog recap.
Unfortunately, this is where our time with the students ended. While the purpose of our visits was twofold - to visit scholars and pay their school fees - one ultimately has priority over the other, which is why we couldn't visit our scholars at Juuso and Onguti secondary schools. In the case of Juuso SSS, fees must be paid in the regional capital at the Ministry of Education, so after visiting Nehale we only had enough time to either visit the scholars there or hightail it to Ondangwa to make sure their finances were in order. Since going to school is more important than being seen at school, we opted to visit beautifulish Ondangwa and wade through the bureaucratic joke show associated with anything remotely non-beureacratic, which is a story we will save for a post on Craigslist's rants and raves rather than here. In the case of our single scholar at Onguti SSS, we actually dropped by but were unable to see him due to an administration error that led us to believe he wasn't even enrolled there. He was, and his dues have since been accounted for.
Once again, thank you to everyone who's supported our efforts to see these wonderful students through high school. And in case you're curious about our travels through Namibia: all costs are borne as a personal expenses. Money raised by GCE is spent on GCE scholars solamente minus a few expenses associated with bank transfers and regulatory filings. Your dollars stretch far with us.
Once again, thank you to everyone who's supported our efforts to see these wonderful students through high school. And in case you're curious about our travels through Namibia: all costs are borne as a personal expenses. Money raised by GCE is spent on GCE scholars solamente minus a few expenses associated with bank transfers and regulatory filings. Your dollars stretch far with us.