It's finally May and we've got placement confirmation! Along with it came a barrage of information on training, money, clothing, vaccinations and lots of other overwhelming things but I am SO excited!
On the 1st of September I'll be flying to Uganda where I'll be teaching English, P.E and Music at the Dr. Archbishop Kiwanuka Memorial Primary School to classes of over 100 students!
I've added my project profile so that you can have a proper look but truthfully I won't know real details until training. And even then I don't think that there's any way that Project Trust can describe everything that we're about to jump into. I'm so insanely excited, there are no words to explain.
The school that I'm going to do have a website that may be especially interesting for donors to have a look through! The address is: http://www.nakirebeps.educug.com/index.htm . On there, particularly in the 'support us' section you can read about the troubles that the school face, and the relief that Project Trust volunteers can offer. Problems include having only 13 qualified teachers for a population of 820 pupils, recent HIV/AIDS pandemics which have left many students orphans, lack of adequate rooms, seats and water supply and a lack of income to the school.
It really does make me glad to know that we're going to be able to help, even if only a little, a school in real need. It becomes very real that we're not going on a gap-year of travel or holiday, we're going to work and live in a community!
Genuinely just sit re-reading these posts and laugh to myself... am I really doing this? Is this absolutely crazy?
Feel like my life is really about to begin. Can. Not. Wait.
123 days and £1,625 to go!
