Water Project--- Video Update!

Hey All,

Check out my new video on the progress of the water system we are building at Sud (it's short!). This video was made for a fundraising event that is happening in London, Ontario this Thursday evening--- tickets are sold out, so it's sure to be a success! (That's why there is mention of sponsors, etc...)

Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFiFSLvxQEU

I'm off to Uganda and Southern Sudan this Thursday to check out some water projects that The Water School and Canadian Aid for Southern Sudan have brought to those regions..... Will be back online as of October 24th, so please check back soon after for the deets and pics from my trip!

Ta-ta.

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While You Were Sleeping

Here are just a few pics from my day today! Enjoy!

UP: Students goofing around while they wait for their lunch.

UP: Someone is VERY happy that she has a Popsicle to tide her over until lunch is ready!

UP: .... And someone is a bit upset that I've not yet taken her photo.

UP: A couple of my buddies in the Secondary section- Peter in red sometimes escorts me home on the mini-buses to make sure I'm safe. :)

UP: Mary the cook prepares a yummy lunch of rice, beans and some onions for flavour! I really love it, even though it's designed to make me FAT.

UP: And of course, another photo of the miniature student. Today was cool so he had a mini sweater-hood under another sweater. I've learned his name is Sangulololo. Seriously! After a famous Kenyan song. I tried to tell him my name is Kellee, but he replied in Swahili (which some senior students translated) that he already knew "she's Kellee". HA. What a doll!

UP: I spent 3 hours this afternoon at the airport with these empty water bottles. We were trying to get them on a plane to Loki in Northern Kenya, where we'll pick them up next week en route to Sudan. Oddly enough, the jet had too much cargo and we only managed to get some of the bottles on! The logistician will try again on Friday--- this was nearly an exercise in futility. But--- TIA. This is Africa!

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Busy-Busy Thursday at Sud!

Here are just a few photos from last Thursday at Sud. Have a look & check back for more later this week!

UP: Passing out exercise books in Class 8! I got a round of applause when I announced I was coming to give everyone a small 50 page notebook. Ha!

UP: Discussing our new notebooks while waiting for our cameraman to sort himself out.

UP: Contractor Dan, me & Headmaster Bosco discussing the rain water gutters for our catchment system. We were making sure the super-tall Sudanese won't hit their heads on the overhanging pipes!

UP & DOWN: At the end of each week, students remove class furniture to clean out their classrooms. Here, keen students whose studies were interrupted by the cleaning routine continue working outside their classroom, amidst the piled up furniture.


DOWN: This little munchkin is the tiniest of Sud students. I'm told he is 6 but it's hard to imagine he's actually that old. He carries his belongings in a tied up grocery bag, is very sharp and often stands guard at the school's gate to notify the headmaster of approaching visitors. He is super shy with me but stopped briefly for this photo!

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