Winding Down in Mahadaga

January 16, 2009

Hey everyone!

Things are slowly winding down here in Mahadaga. Most of the people on our team have finished up their projects here so a lot has been accomplished as you have probably been reading.

Today Aimee, Katie O., and Anita presented the picture books for the final time to a class at the Handicap Center. The children enjoyed it immensely and were sure to point out pictures of themselves or others they knew when they came up. Children from outside of the classroom were coming in too to see what all of the excitement was about. The description of the picture book was read by Bethany in French and the teacher of the class signed it for those children who were deaf. After this, about half of the people on our team went to various Braille classes to observe. The children in these classes were very assiduous and the teachers were great with the children. We also spent some time playing with children.

Kay and Jackie went to see baby weighing at the dispensary this morning as well. They saw many babies being weighed and enjoyed the experience. It was a check for the babies to see if they were malnourished. Babies who are identified as malnourished will then stay a couple days to get nutrition supplements.

This afternoon a small game of Frisbee was started with the children. This game was followed by some children accompanying some of us to the cliffs for a couple hours to explore. Later on our math team brought some supplies to the handicap center such as games and a BeeBot (educational technology for the classroom).

I hope all is going well back at home!

God bless,

Rebekah