Rachel has been receiving large envelopes of donated kids’ picture magazines that she can share with the schools around V. When she got the first bag, she took some to the local primary school. The teacher was not there, but the kids, dressed in little pink smocks and ranging from 3-7 years in age, were there and offered to bring Rachel to the teacher’s house. So they paraded through the village with one little pink-smock running out in front and a whole lot following behind. The teacher was really glad to have the magazines, but her first question was, “How much will they cost?� She was really pleased to hear that they are a gift from children in the US to the children of V.
The next day Rachel was approached by a woman she didn’t know who turned out to be the teacher of the primary school [they are one-room school huts, actually, I think. T] in a neighboring village. Were there any more magazines? Fortunately there are plenty more, thanks to the generosity of folks in Rachel’s parents’ neighborhood.
Rachel was also able to post more animal photos on the walls at the secondary schools. One of the secondary school English teachers came up to her recently and asked what an iceberg is. He had seen the word in the caption on one of the pictures but was not familiar with it!