The Kids

This is Clement, Henry, Mdiuzani (sounds great on the tongue when you get used to saying it), and Rita. They took a "nicer" picture than this, but I liked this one best. These four have received their school fees courtesy of Nick and Jori in Twin Falls, Idaho. Also, courtesty of Tom and Shanna in Twin Falls, their all-important national exams at the end of the term are also paid for. They're all polite, attentive young folks, and I especially like the girls--they're not afraid to speak up (even though culturally girls are more shy), their English is great, and they have things they want to do after Forms (high school). Generally, these are four great people.

Matthews Jimu, the fifth who was going to get money from this donation, hasn't been coming to school. This happens a lot, and I was firm, telling him we wouldn't pay for a student who doesn't show up. He was crestfallen. I told him that if he can get the Head Master to write me a letter, convincing me to give him a second chance, we'll see about getting him some funding. Stay tuned on that.

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Things are going really well with the Zikomo Project. There is a transfer fee of $30 plus 1% for the money to get from the U.S. to here, but we minimize the effect of that by sending BIG amounts all at once. On this last transfer, in the end we paid 2.5% to get the money here (that doesn't include PayPal fees), if you figure the $30 in. I don't think that's too bad, do you? More photos are on the way. So far everything that was requested has been covered. This is good.