Our children love Thanksgiving. The whole team gets together for a huge meal full of all kinds of special treats. Poems are read, songs sung, games are played and in general with bellies full of turkey and stuffing we are thankful together over another year of perseverance and blessing here in Bundibugyo.
Its a good break for Kev and I, happening as it does smack in the middle of both CSB end of year exams and the month long national O and A level exams. This year the most amazing thing happened, our deputy headmaster was appointed as the UNEB (Uganda National Examination Board) "in-charge" for our end of the district. This is a huge honor and responsibility. He is in charge of selecting and organizing the teachers that monitor the exams given at each testing center. He signs in and out each exam every day for each school. Most importantly, he sets the standard for what is acceptable locally and what is not. We are proud of his leadership and feel thankful to stand cheering from the sidelines as he exerts a positive influence over the long standing corruption and rampant malpractice that is common in this place during exam times. While it is likely that some cheating is still occurring, his leadership has blocked many such schemes and is setting a higher standard for next year and we hope for years to come.
We continue to be thankful for the talented group of Ugandan teachers that make up the heart of CSB. They pour their lives into our students, persevering in a place that is difficult. For them, as for us, CSB is more than a job. We are thankful for their calling.
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