13 July 2011

Words will come...

Watching local university students do a rather entertaining drama addressing the issues of health,
 family planning, poverty, using your resources well, dangers of drugs
and services available from the local organizations.


Distributing donated notebooks as a graduation present to the kids of this school who wear donated Hong Kong Rugby Sevens jerseys and H&M hats as their school uniforms. 
Waving hello to all the people in Hong Kong who helped make it easier to learn that year with clean clothes
and school supplies in their mud walled, dirt floored classroom. 


The teachers also use donated sports jerseys as their uniforms.
From my experience working in various communities in Africa, having the same clothes really represents a sense of unity and belonging.
Often, for special days you will see ladies with the same fabric used to make all their dresses.
This sense of unity that some simple shirts brought to these classrooms was palatable. 


A rural community gathered in a church to welcome their "visitor from Hong Kong".
The pastors danced in the grey suits we often ship and
I was impressed to see how sharp they looked in these rather drab suits. 


Gathered in front of a community center with many of the people who were watching the drama that day in the slums.

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