Having met Luke at the Thanksgiving dinner, we bumped into him again at the "OK" supermarket and had a cup of coffee with him. Since he is with Peace Corps (and therefore isn't allowed to drive) and being very curious people, we gave him a lift back to the school where he has been working for the last two years.
Orumahane school is about 30km outside of Opuwo and has had Peace Corps working there for a few years now. They have no water supply to the school but have about 500 children who stay there. Recently the school made the papers as the hostel was voted best in the region- rather sad when you see where they are sleeping.....
The accommodation is very basic. The picture shows the dorms where the kids sleep. There is a shortage of mattresses and most of the kids will end up sharing beds, or sleeping on the metal frames..
The picture to the left is of the dining hall, where the kids get four meals a day (although most of these meals are just bread).
We'll possibly mention a bit more about this visit in our monthly newsletter, but the classes have about 40 kids in them. Luke teaches grades 9 & 10 and has kids whose ages range from about 13 up to 25.
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