Today I went to Kirindo Primary School, the school was funded by Plan and has a link with a school called Notley Green Primary in Essex. It currently has a teaching staff of 7 whilst ideally it would have 9. I visited the Early Childhood (ECD) class and spoke to Form 7 and Form 8 classes. I was the first Muzungo some of the ECD children had seen. I introduced myself to forms 7 and 8, asked what they would like be when they are older and answered some of their questions. One of the students guessed that I was 31 years old and another asked me 'What is your talent?' which I have never been asked before! Margaret asked the girl students to visit her home so that she could talk to them about why there are no girls in Kirindo that have reached Form 3 (roughly Year 10 in UK terms).
They had their first meeting later in the day and it was good to see a large number of girls from Form 5-8 turn up and take part in a discussion. Margaret intends to make into a group that meets regularly and tries to address the causes of the worrying drop-out rates, largely due to early pregnancy and early marriage in the area.
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