Our flights by BMI were pleasant but two hours late in each direction due to head winds. Returning from Freetown these were so strong that we needed to touch down in Malaga to refuel.
Our Airbus A321
The team began teaching, after a brief visit to the school, from Monday afternoon to Friday morning.
The School
It was a normal school day and the Primary children, who use the building in the morning, were still there. It was good to see the dedicated teachers in action, and also good for us to see the very over-crowded conditions that the children work under.
No room for any more!
A view of the progress of the new classroom block, much needed but going up slowly as the cash comes in. The group on the left are waiting to sing to us. They were then joined by some of the teaching staff who received gifts for the school from England, such as pencils, exercise books. paper, files and folders, chalk, toys for the nursery. (pictured below)
The teaching venue - Wellington Baptist Church
After this interlude, we moved a couple of miles to Wellington where the teaching of Primary Healthcare and Micro-enterprise development was to take place over four days. The church gave ample space for three groups looking at health care and the best furnished vestry I have ever been in became home to the micro-enterprise group.
A lunch break at Wellington's Faith Baptist Church.
One last thing
We all needed some local currency, the Leone, currently trading at around Le6700 to £1. At Independence 50 years ago, it was Le2 to £1. Alpha and Albert arranged the exchange for us. This is what £250 looks like.
Transport.
This vehicle met us at the airport, accompanied us on the windy night ferry crossing and took us to Hotel 5/10. Not the last word in comfort, but reliable. It also did the return journey.
front row. L to R. Susie Marshall, Margaret Lansdall-Welfare, Linden Boothby, Sarah Frost, Andy Meek
back row. L to R. Ted Swindale, Sam Warwick and Richard Lansdall-Welfare.
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