I am at Tekera Resource Center each Thursday. It is a community. There is a primary school with a scholarship program for secondary school, a library, a medical clinic with a nurse, a dentist and a craft group. It is a lovely place. Last week was the first week that we have been at Tekera with the school in. The children are everywhere. I tried to play net ball with them. This is a game very comparable to basketball but with no dribbling. It was so fun! While Priscilla and I are there, we are working in the library and teaching classes. We taught a class on poetry that I think the children enjoyed. It was the poems where you write your name horizontally and then each line of the poem starts with a letter of your name.
The work is great there and children are so wonderful but I can't believe that this center is a support system for so many people. They can come and get medical attention, the children can go to school close to their home and they have this wonderful craft club that meets weekly. The women get together and weave and have lunch. You can hear the laughter and talking. On top of all the work they have done for this rural community, everyone who works there have welcomed us into their Tekera family. All 7 Masaka students were invited to a farewell bonfire for two of their volunteers returning to Canada. There was many local teachers and students there. There was drumming, singing and dancing. All of us foreigners got to try their local dance around the fire. It was not easy! It's nice to feel a part of a community when I am so far from home.
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