Monday, July 7, 2014
Our Youngest Beneficiary Doing us Proud
This year, with the help of Rotary's Ethekwini's Educational Trust, we have been able to send a new little member of our Micah6 clan to a great primary school in Durban. She was previously in a very disadvantaged school in the Mayville area with over 50-60 students in a class that provides sub-standard tuition for its students. It was quite evident that this sparkly little life was being stifled by an environment that fails to provide even the most basic education needs to its learners.
Months of intensive efforts by Caroline Goodier went into preparing little Sphe for her new school to fill in learning gaps before starting grade 5 in her new school. For over a year Caroline has been coaching her on reading and comprehension, taking her to and from extra mathematics tuition weekly and exposing her to a world of general knowledge. The hard work has paid off.
Little Sphe is top of her class in mathematics and has developed an amazing way with words, English words! Below is a little poem she wrote recently which amazes us all.
Leaves
The leaves sang
through the wind and danced
through the wind and whistled
through the wind and when they were tired
they stood up quietly.
They slept
and when they woke
they started again making a loud noise
and even woke up
two pretty birds.
They have pretty dresses
in all seasons and they continue singing
with their beautiful voices
from the trees.
Thank you to Caroline who continues to play a mothering and teaching role in Sphe's life, fetching her daily from school and overseeing her homework daily. You have gone beyond the call and redeemed the potential of yet another life.
