Goodbye Grace Children's Village

Today I got the chance to continue touring through the main street of Bubaare (where the school is) with Mayanje and he also took me to see some of the other schools in the area so that I would have a point to compare to. Grace Children's Village is definitely unique in its sustainable design and community support and offers a higher quality of education than the surrounding schools do.





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Primary class enjoying morning porridge



Grace Children's village is unique in the quality of food offered to all students. They are guaranteed to receive milk and greens every day. Other schools do not guarantee this. Grace Children's Village also gives each student an egg one time each week. Currently the hens are only 6 months old, so the eggs will begin shortly. The farm aspect of Grace Children's Village is also unique. No other school grows any of its own food. The garden also is soon to provide a seed bank to the community.



A student checking on the pig given to her to raise



Finally, Grace Children's Village is known for their high quality pigs. David bought a high quality male pig from another country and brought it to the school to breed to the local pig and improve the genetics. Several students were chosen (based on the ambitiousness of their family) to be given a piglet from the first breeding. In exchange for this pig, one piglet will be given back to the school. The system benefits everyone!





Primary class waving goodbye to me





At the end of the day today, the children all gathered around and sang me a goodbye song, a poem and did a local traditional dance for me complete with a drum and flute. It was fantastic. Then they all marched single file singing and clapping down the big hill to give me a send off at the main road. It was very sweet. I will remember these people always for their kindness to me. I hope I can continue some kind of fundraiser for their project to help to get it to a level where it can sustain itself





Primary class