Marg and Bev are keeping very busy in Rumbek. Unfortunately, their WiFi connection is not the best. Here is a partial update. We will try to get their problem fixed as soon as possible.
Today we cleaned the classroom with brooms. Oh my such dirt! We needed a shovel instead of brooms. We bought slashers to cut the weeds. Everyone has had fun cutting the weeds. We interviewed another teacher today, a woman who teaches English. That makes 4 teacher candidates. We talked with the boys next door who attend secondary school 1 which is our 9th grade. They are 18,19, and 21. They had to take time off to run the family cattle ranches and are now back in school. They eat one meal a day of okra gumbo, which is a thick paste made with corn mush and they eat it everyday, as that is all the family can afford. They grow the okra in the field next to the house we are staying in. It is amazing that Sudanese people eat only once a day about 7pm . . .
Abukloi means "We Can" in Dinka. We manage a secondary school and vocational training center in Rumbek, South Sudan, that provides essential skills and training for regional Southern Sudanese. This facility will also serve as a community center for the Rumbek community, providing a central place to come together and work at rebuilding their country and their lives. Abukloi is a non-governmental organization based in Virginia, USA. www.Abukloi.org
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