We met up with Father and the Stove team and began an epic day. Attached are some pictures of Emma with the girls and boys from Katumba Secondary School. The school has 180 students, 60 of which are girls who sleep in dormitories during the school terms. The school has one of Dad's institutional stoves installed alongside the dorms and it seems to be running well after three years. We met with the headmaster and the Matron. Both were kind and pointed out some other needs: Science books topped the headmaster's list. The Matron felt the girls needed better facilities for the boarders. Place had no electricity, one outside water spigot, and an old smokey cookhouse.
Special note: St Thomas Moore is doing great work here. They sponsor ten of the boarding girls and we met all of them, all were charming young women; not unlike the same school-age girls I meet everyday when I drop Emma off at her boarding school, Loomis Chaffee, back in CT. I happen to agree with the matron, the girls do, in fact, deserve better living conditions, but they were all smiling and bright despite their circumstances.
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| Emma with some Katumba Secondary Students |
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| St Thomas Moore sponsored Boarders |
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