Dear Karen,

The school program for this week has been going on very well.

Today we had no water in the tank at the site, so I sent all the students home. I also informed Oswald about the same issue and he promised to contact JACOB, the guy who has been working on the water pump at the site to come and rectify the problem.

In line with the same issue, am requesting for some buckets to be used in the toilets in case our water pump develops a fault again. Am yet to get some quotations upon approving my request.

FOOD SUPPLY
On the 11 of May,2012 we received the following foodstuffs;
1-10 bags of mealie meal
2-30 litres cooking oil
3-30kg buka fish
4-12 gallons of kapenta
5-9 gallons beans
6-10 kg salt
7-5 sacks of soya chunks
8-25kg powdered milk
9-4 litres orange jui8ce
10-5x200g dish paste
11-40 bars of chick soap
12-Tomattoes, onions and veges

ATTENDANCE/ABSENTEEISM
The attendance has been very good, most students have reported, but a few have not yet shown up.

ILLNESSES/INJURIES
Dominic is still in hospital because his fractured right leg.

Blessings,
Teddy

This is the first week that the new Morgan Harrington Educational Wing has had students in it–marking a successful conclusion to a nearly three year project to build an additional wing to the school.

Dear Karen,

School officially opened on Monday 7th of May, 2012. A good number of students have reported in this week. The students are extremely happy to learn from the new MHEW.

TEACHERS
Cynthia had a baby girl. Her delivery was a C-section, she’s doing well and has reported for work. She is requesting for permission to be knocking off immediately after her class, which ends at 13hrs, for the next 2 months.

ILLNESSES/INJURIES
Dominic, a 2nd grader has a fractured right leg and has been admitted in the children’s hospital since 1/5/12. He had fallen from a tree where he and his friends were playing. However, his condition is stable.

The rest are doing well.

DISTRICT SEMINAR
Thanks so much for the funds for the seminar. It was very fruitful as we have learned new methodologies pertaining to the planning and teaching of lessons. I also learned more issues regarding school administration.

Blessings,
Teddy.

Dear Karen,

We had an OMNI student admitted to the Children’s Hospital here in Ndola. He fell from a tree on May 1, 2012. He has a fracture, and he will be laying in a tilted bed with weights on his right leg for 21 days. Then, he’ll have a cast. This is a 2nd grader at OMNI school.

Chickens:
The chicken’s production is very poor. We had 100 chicken to start with we now have 90 remaining. 10 chickens died and the vet was consulted. Treatment was given before Charles went on sick leave. The other cause of death has been that eggs are breaking inside the chickens womb due to calcium deficiency. Again meds were administered but there has been no improvement. 90 layers must give 90 eggs each day. But they give 27 eggs/day on average.

The vet said that if there is no improve due to their age the chickens should be replaced. Otherwise we shall keep on losing on feeding without proper production.

In our Tuesday staff meeting, it was recommended that the chickens can be sold and the funds be used to purchase other chickens. However, we await the board’s final word on the chicken matter.

GOATS:
The goats are not well integrated on site. This is because they are becoming destructive especially with the outside cooking arrangement as well as scratching paint on the newly built building walls. The fence in which they live is made of wood which is eaten by termites and the goats find their way out into the corridors of the buildings and sleep there.

I recommend that we either construct a wire fence or get rid of them until we have proper place for the goats so that they don’t interfere with humans and the infrastructure development on site and planting of flowers.

Again, I would like to here the board’s recommendation on this matter. As the goat milk project is really vital for the nutrition of our children.

Blessings,
Pastor Osward

Construction and finishing for the Morgan Harrington Education Wing has been completed, and the school will be ready for use come the next semester.

Here’s some of the latest photographs of the exterior and two of the classrooms.