High days and holidays

In the life of the school some days have a special appeal. I was present for some of them and a lot of work is put in to make a great day for all concerned.

Sports Day

First off is the school Sports Day, which usually takes place in March.

The school's houses are lined up for competition

Obstacle Race

Carrying the Baby

The eating competition

A fine group of sportsmen and women

Thanksgiving Day

After a formal service in church, the school marches through the community, accompanied by a band. Members of the team of 2005 are on one of the photographs

We have arrived back at base!

Field Trip

This was a most impressive occasion, and the staff took the opportunity to show the children a number of modern aspects of Sierra Leone.  We travelled by bus to the new exhibition centre in Freetown where the boys and girls looked over the equipment that was for sale.  We also visited Hastings Airport where we were permitted to board a plane used by the Red Cross. Photographs were not permitted there!

Inspecting generators at the Exhibition Hall

The Day of the African Child, 16th June every year.

In Soweto, South Africa, thousands of black school children took to the streets in 1976, in a march more than half a mile long, to protest the inferior quality of their education and to demand their right to be taught in their own language. Hundreds of young boys and girls were shot down; and in the two weeks of protest that followed, more than a hundred people were killed and more than a thousand were injured.

To honour the memory of those killed and the courage of all those who marched, the Day of the African Child has been celebrated on 16 June every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organization of African Unity. The Day also draws attention to the lives of African children today.

The day is celebrated with music, dancing, food and maybe a film.