Today we visited another local schools. It is One of 2 out of almost 50 schools that offer computer classes. The computers were desktops and would have been considered outdated by our standards. They had a Water harvesting technique for when it rains the water from the run off is contained in ditches that goes from plant to plant. Most of the water is collected from the roof. They also had a School garden where each class gets a bed and they use it for their aquaculture lessons. They Soak manure in water to use as fertilizer for the gardens. They also had a New design on the hand wash facility so the students don't have to touch the knobs to turn on the water after they go to the bathroom. The Goal of the school is to produce children who can fend for themselves regardless of the level of education they finish. All of the students also help Raise chickens that are sold for meat and eggs. Behind the school They have a garden for the students who do not eat prior to coming to school and for lunch. This is a problem due to the parents only having enough money to pay school fees.
The School fees per child per term is $40- there are three terms per year. So $120 per year. Some families don't even make that much money a year.
Any upgrades to the buildings come from fundraising efforts.
There are about 750 students in the school and they do not have enough classrooms for all of them so they have some new ones under construction that they are currently using for teaching as well.
All schools in Zimbabwe have to wear uniforms, both government and private. All of the students seemed to help with keeping the outside areas of the school clean including sweeping and raking. They loved the lessons that Natalie's students made for me to bring with me.
The baboon cage was finished today so we could move the male back into his own cage!! He was so excited!
While filling up water dishes one of the female lions grabbed the hose from a volunteer. She was not happy to have it taken away from her at all!!!
All of the volunteers went to get pizza and watch Ryan's soccer game tonight.
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