School is back!
As you guys know the school in Yangis opened in February for the first time in 15 years!! We have recently received some fantastic news that the parents and community in Yangis are right behind the project. They have already completed two classroom buildings with available materials on site. They are now working on building teacher houses from traditional materials including thatch, clay, banana palm and pine. This is great news given that Pat’s visit discovered less community ownership and motivation than we had previously hoped. This reinvigoration is really due to Pat’s visit and his hard work in pushing the BUPNG to expect more of the community and for the community to expect more from themselves.
In more news, school enrolment exploded from the planned 200, to 500 students and counting!!!!! While this is really exciting and shows just how important this project is, there is the challenge that this number could become unmanageable for the teachers assigned to the Yangis communtiy school. But don’t worry, we do have a plan in place and are currently in talks with our project partner to make the plan a reality! As for the school itself, we currently have children undertaking Grades 1A, B & C, Grade 2A & B and Grade 4 and Grade 5!! Stay tuned for more news as our school in Yangis continues to take hold!
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