On Thursday we followed 10-year-old orphan Saviour through a typical day. Her walk to school takes 2 hours. And when she gets there her classes are Maths, Creative and Technical Skills (CTS), English, Tonga and Social Development Studies. This is part two of her photo story.
Photography by Brenda Veldtman.
It's boiling hot and walk to school takes the children just over 2 hours. In that time they drank no water.
Saviour and her friends finally arrive at school. The temperature is 27 degrees in the shade.
Saviour joins her grade 1 classmates and files into class for the first lesson of the day.
There are no teaching aids for the walls. Everything has to be painstakingly written out by hand.
The children head for their desks.
The first lesson of the day is Maths.
Time for the dreaded test. No cheating please!
Beatrice gives Saviour a little one-to-one tuition.
Saviour loves having the opportunity to go to school.
3 hours later Saviour's lessons are over for the day.
Saviour waits to get a letter off Headmaster George. Doors are seen as luxury at Simakakata.
The classrooms at Simakakata look quite good. But there is a major problem. The school is a borrowed farmhouse and the owner wants it back.
Saviour and Valencia find half an hour to do their homework before they set off home. They still have chores to do and it will be too dark to do any later.
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I’m an aspiring photographer, and would love to be part of such projects. Kindly advise how one goes about joining you?
Wowed by the stories.
Hi Tumi. Please take a look at http://www.learnasone.org/get-involved/volunteer/photographer and follow the instructions on the page. Thanks.
Hi I have read your story it touches my heart and I feel so strongly about this.
I want to be a teacher and I would like to help.
I think education is great.
I work part time and I am studying.
Please let me know how I can join and help this community.
Thanks
From Louise