This morning, after breakfast and our language lesson, we had a local educator speak with us about the educational system in Lesotho and many of the challenges it faces. Hearing directly from someone who works within the system provided valuable context for the work we鈥檝e been doing throughout the trip.
The rest of the day was spent painting classrooms at a local primary school. With all the walls primed, we were able to make great strides on the detail work. Animals, colors, shapes , numbers and many alphabets were created as well as many other fantastic drawings. Another team has been building a new playground, and they鈥檙e already almost finished after just two days鈥攁pparently record time according to Dr. Rosenberg. It has been incredible to watch how much everyone has accomplished by working together.
Around midday, one of the teachers stopped by and was so excited about the transformation that she FaceTimed another teacher just to show off the progress we had made. That moment alone made all the hours of painting worth it. We鈥檝e covered so much today that we should finish the entire project tomorrow, and on Wednesday we鈥檒l finally get to reveal the freshly painted classrooms to the teachers. I鈥檓 really looking forward to seeing their reactions.
Moose (Khotso) and Cassie