I traveled to Katikamu today to see if the community was collecting stones as they had determined at their last meeting and to take some photos. There was a big number of the community there when I arrived. Everyone was diligently working on collecting hard core. There were women, men, teenagers and children. All worked for two full hours to collect stones and they laughed and talked and sang the whole way through. All members of the Project Support Committee that were elected at the last community meeting were on site. The Community Mobilizer moved around after the work was complete and wrote down the names of all community members present. He asked the children the names of their parents. This will help us later down the road when we are recruiting children to the school. Those parents involved in the building of the school are already invested and will wish for their child to attend the Just Like My Child Foundation primary school once it’s built. When they finished they agreed that they should meet again tomorrow at the same time to get more work done. It was absolutely lovely!! I just stood on that land taking photos in astonishment. This is really going to happen and I get to be a part of it!! I think in that moment every frustration that I’ve come to feel after years of being here and trying to convince people that education and health are important to the future of their country just melted away. This community cares! This community is willing to do what it takes to ensure that their children are getting a chance to make their dreams come true!! What a relief!!!
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