Today was our second split squad day. Ms. Police and her group stayed on campus and did some work in the library before getting artistic, making posters for cheering on the SEGA girls in their football (soccer), volleyball, and netball games scheduled for this afternoon. Our group went on the morning shopping run in Morogoro before going to visit Catherine, a 2013 SEGA graduate, at her home. She lives with her sister in a small room they sublet from a larger home.
We sat on a rug in the dining area of the larger home. After a nice getting to know each other conversation (she has a university degree in community development) she served us tea and cassava for snack, which was delicious. It turns out that she has an interview today for a job at SEGA in a program for recent graduates. So she rode with us back to campus - good luck Catherine! When we returned we had the opportunity to attend their Friday religion classes. It was very hot and the students choose to rest in their rooms ahead of lunch. I attended the Catholic group - it was sweltering with 75 kids in a room and the lesson was in Swahili. But a student was kind enough to lend me her English Bible, and point out the verses they were discussing.The class culminated in singing and dancing which was wonderful.
We all had lunch together at 1430 as on Wednesday, then went back to get set to cheer on our teams. Unfortunately the other school didn’t make it, so after an hour of waiting, the two SEGA teams played each other in football, and then scrimmages in netball and volleyball as well. When not watching these, the students played various games and had a lovely afternoon together.
We had a nice dinner of chiapatis, beans and plantains then filled out surveys for SEGA, jammed some tunes on ukulele, and started packing with less than two days left here. It’s going to be sad to leave!
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