This year we
travelled to Zambia again to visit the school that we have been supporting. It
is our fourth time already. Therefore the teachers and students did not
consider us as strangers. When a teacher asked the students whether they could
remember us, they responded by saying out all the names of those who visited
them before. In the eyes of the students, we are a special and caring team of
Chinese who came to help them.
My heart was very grateful when I saw how the children could go to class and enjoy themselves during the activities. Indeed, the resources were very limited; there were over 300 students in total from grade 1 to grade 7 sharing the only 3 classrooms they had. Nevertheless, the teachers tried their best to organize various arts and sports activities with what little was available. In this class, the students designed and made their own pair of glasses with just metal wires. Even the teacher was wearing his proudly. Perhaps, not one of them had worn real glasses before.
Look at the boys in the picture. How do you feel when you see them wearing their brightly-coloured glasses?
今年再去探望在贊比亞我們所支持的社區學校，老師和學生對我們都不陌生，因為已經是第四次了。然而老師問他們是否認得我們，他們的回應卻十分有趣，他們把曾探訪的義工的名字一個個的說出來，卻不是按貌辨人。在他們眼中，我們是幫助他們的中國人。
看他們上課、活動和表演，為他們有學校的生活感恩。他們的資源有限，七個年級、超過300名的學生共用三個課室，但他們仍為學生預備美勞、體育等各種課程。學生們以僅有的物料，製作自己的設計，看見同學們戴著不同款式的「眼鏡」上課，就連一位男老師也戴著「大大的闊邊眼鏡」，好不有趣；反而好像沒有一個戴真的眼鏡。你看他們的造型，覺得怎樣？
- Violin