Friday, June 22, 2007

Shirts and Jerseys






We had a short and very fun assembly yesterday, in which I was able to make all of our students very happy.

Thanks to a generous donor, we now have Gracious t-shirts for all the kids! Each student can now purchase a t-shirt for K100 (about 70 cents). The money will go towards books for the school, and any kid who can’t afford the shirt can do a little work at MCV to earn it. I had Chinsinsi, try one on to model for all the students. Instead of taking it off, he ran to get money from his brother, and bought it right then. About 5 minutes after the assembly ended, Praise and Alex came to sports in the t-shirts. I actually accused them of stealing them out of the bag, but they had indeed run to the clinic and purchased them. Apparently they think the 100K is well worth it! Most kids won’t be able to get money quite that quickly, but I think they’ll all find a way. I can’t wait to take a big group picture!

The other exciting thing at the ceremony was the unveiling of the new MCV football jerseys. Thanks to generous donations from some of my friends, we now have 15 beautiful jerseys complete with shorts and socks. The jerseys will be used by Gracious, the technical school, and the staff team. I have a feeling MPSS might just concede defeat when they see our players all decked out this Sunday. I’ll be sure to post more pictures.

Oh, and we couldn’t leave out our poor goal keeper, Jon (who now rents a house closer to school, for those of you concerned about his walking). I think you can tell by his face in the picture how proud and happy he is to have a jersey to wear.

I was also able to provide the kids with a volleyball, that came in the goodie bag from the US. Our kids can now choose from one of 4 sports, football, netball, volleyball (we don’t have a net yet, but the ball’s a start), and of course, my personal favorite, Ultimate Frisbee. I’ve put a kid in charge of every sport. I’m trying to make the kids more responsible for running sports time in hopes that things will continue to run smoothly when I leave. Don’t worry; I won’t be giving up the title Sports Master anytime soon.


The students and staff are overjoyed with the t-shirts and jerseys. Thank you so much to everyone who funded, organized, and transported these goods.

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