Family Day

Our youngest student, Witney.

This past Saturday we finally had our event at Akili School, Family Day. I say finally because we’ve been preparing ourselves for this day for what feels like a loooong time.

The event and the girl’s performance started an hour and a half late… During this time I was impatiently stomping around as everyone who knows me would imagine. T.I.A. is what Kenyans say… This Is Africa. Silly me to think that everything would work according to my schedule. The thing is, things here always work out in the end. Somehow, in a way that my brain does not fully comprehend, but they do. Family Day was not different. With a little bit of faith and trust we started the event with a performance from baby class. They were even more adorable then usual, if that’s at all possible. Slowly the room was filling up and all of the girls showed up for their performance as well.

Class Final (equivalent to Kindergarden) performing a song.

Valentine, Esther, Mary and Nely performed the play Joy and the Three Lions. The story goes like this: Joy was a little girl wondering in the fields, she saw a little hut in the distance that belonged to three lions. One was a big daddy lion, one was a medium-sized mommy lion and one was a tiny little baby lion… Recognize that story? It’s my african version of Goldilocks. The girls were so good! Everyone laughed and clapped! What a hit!

Joy and the Three Lions, coming soon to a stage near you!

After singing, dancing, and saying their poems the girls left and David and Erick started a meeting with the parents. It went really well. They were able to show the parents the progress of the school during this year and tell them about the exciting future plans, including the new school building.

Last, but not least was lunch time! In the menu: rice, ugali, beef stew and greens. Sixty parents, some little siblings and seventy girls went happily back home with a full tummy!

Many families came to the event.

Lunch time.

Good job team! We did well!