18 November 2016
Day 17 - Friday
A slightly
later start today to make up for yesterday.
We went first
to The Water Point. After some negotiation Mr Touray from the company agreed to
provide an additional two standpipes to the school at no extra cost to us. We
told him that on that basis we wished to proceed and will return tomorrow to
sign the contract and make the initial payment.
We then went to
buy some exercise books for Banyaka LBS mentioned in an earlier blog. We got a
quote from a supplier, but thought we would get one also from the shop that
usually supplies us. He wasn’t in so we left a message saying what we wanted
and will return tomorrow.
A quick call to
Bishop Dennis from King’s Kid Academy to tell him we had approved his latest
project and that we had the money to pay him. He happened to be in the
neighbourhood buying a new radiator for his car so he joined us, we paid him
and he rushed off to the bank.
We managed to
get in contact with the two students who went to SOS Senior Secondary but we
had lost contact with. I wrote in an earlier blog that Mr Drammeh, the former
principal of SOS had told us of their whereabouts. I am pleased to say that
both are doing very well. One has just finished a six-month internship at a
hospital laboratory where she gained experience in haematology and
microbiology. She has now applied to do nursing at the university. She will
hear if she is successful in about 3 weeks. The other has enrolled to study law
at the university and is enjoying her course. We will keep in touch with both
of them.
An early finish
today!
