Maher

It's half way through our journey now, and although we have accomplished much, the time feels very short.  We've put together a little school in one of the Maher centers, trained 5 teachers, but it still feels somewhat impermanent.  Space is always an issue, Sister Lucy is very kind and working hard to find us adequate room and time.  Next week shelves are being built in another room in the same compound, they're tearing out their kitchen for our school. 

The children are beautiful and they adore every minute they spend with the material, some sneak in for double classes.  The older children, even if the material is somewhat too childish or easy for them, also ask for time in the classroom.  When we first opened up the material, even the teachers and house mothers were taken and became distracted with the colors, the objects and the curiosity.

Further than the school it has been wonderful to spend time not only with the children but with the teenagers, the mothers, the seniors, the mentally challenged women and the volunteers staying at Maher.  This place is as good as it looks on paper.