Off to the The Head Master's Office!!

After our visit with the kindergarten classes, we went to Jackson's office. We have prepared a draft report on our assessment of the school. Don wanted to orally review this with Jackson before presenting him with a hard copy. Jackson was in agreement with everything in the report and was pleased to see that we were on the same page as him.
The problem, for most of the ideas in the report, is lack of funding.
As we have mentioned before, the Library is in dire need of books and a paint job. However,
Jackson has been told that first the teacher's must be paid, and then other things can be done.
The problem is that after the teacher's salaries are met, and they are minimal, there is no money left over. Not even to buy textbooks for the students. He would like to have a textbook for every two children to share but can't even manage that!
Don has been talking with a couple who are staying at Heart Lodge. They belong to the Rotary Club in the US and are here setting up libraries in rural Kenya. We hope to take them to Eastleigh to see the school and the library. Maybe on their next trip to Nairobi they might include some books for Eastleigh. Another prayer request!!
In our report, we also mentioned class management and general overall management of the children. This idea was also well received and generated a lot of discussion on child management practices in Kenya and abroad. Although using the cane is now against the law, it is still used to keep control of the students in many schools in Kenya.