On January 4th we made a day trip down to Amboseli to visit our Maasai partners and deliver a box of 85 books. Our friend, Devin Jones, a middle school teacher at ISK, had teamed up with us and asked his students to bring in books for young adult readers. We expected we might get around 30 books and ended up with over 80! Daniel, the head school teacher at the Ilkengarre Maasai community school, was excited to receive the novels and had us come and spend some time with the children. School had just resumed the day before, after a 6-week break, and Daniel spent time handing out school supplies we had delivered about seven weeks ago. After visiting the school for almost an hour, we walked to the adjacent village and spent another hour having tea with Daniel and a few other people in Daniel's home. It was a very special time, topped off with a chance for us to thank the community for their donation of hand-made goods; the Maasai crafts will be sold at an upcoming ISK event to help fund another Freedom Through Learning project. What a great way to kick off 2011!
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