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Electricity Five in the morning. Actually it's not that early considering we went to sleep at eight because there was no electricity and everywhere is dark. But now there is electricity and it's time for showers and laundry. I don't mention these two processes in the same sentence by accident. You take your laundry into the shower with yourself. And so the first hour of this morning was getting clean not for the day but for several days, maybe for most of the week. It's apparently too much to expect the vehicle to be on time twice in a row and so we arrived at the computer classroom late but still earlier than most everyone else. The generator was started and the declaration was that only eight computers could be turned on leaving several students doubling up on a single computer. The goal for the first part of the session was to simply practice holding their hands on the keyboard and using all the fingers without looking. After a while we went online and found some practice typing programs and websites. The second session started with five on eight computers but ended with ten on eight computers. Apparently we as the teachers learned something from the first day because the session went much better. Rice, beans, spinach and fruit was again the fare at noon; simple but filling and satisfying. Six in the back of the Land Rover made for cozy quarters and dumps on the road made for queasy stomachs. On of the six suggested that every stone and rock in the country was placed on the roads for our visit, and would probably be returned to the natural station after our visit. Arriving at Chiswea, a place for homeless children between the ages of about 14 and 20, we were greeted with smiles and hugs from some of the students of our morning. They were just eating their plates of rice and beans. The head of the agency explained their The next More hip to hip action over more bumps causing more queasy The highlight came when one of the guides of the center, offered to show us the signs for simple phrases and words in the Tanzanian sign language, and in turn Kat did the same in ASL. This drew a crowd of about a dozen workers exchanging signs from the two different sign languages. There was a great deal of laughing and smiling as everyone enjoying the exchange and intimacy among the people from two distant continents. The time together ended with a group picture of everyone. Pictures will be added later. |