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One of the goals of MICS is to have 30% of our students come from the local population of orphans. This semester, we would like to introduce you to a 12 year old boy named Christopher.Christopher's father died about a year ago and his mom abandoned him a long time ago. He currently lives with some relatives. He has never been to school. The mission school and the local government school said that he had missed his chance (he was too old) and they would not take him in at school. Everyone pretty much had written him off.
An American that lives here in Macha collected donations to sponsor a scholarship for him at MICS. We put him in grade one the first few weeks then moved him to grade two. He is now reading one vowels words and is picking things up pretty fast even with limited English and experiences. He has trouble doing some of the work as he does not know what some of the things in the pictures on the work sheets are. We hope to advance him to another level by second term when Deb comes (Deb and Doug Hammes are Flying Mission missionaries from Iowa, we worked with them at Dayspring School in Botswana) and Mid can tutor him more. We are very proud of Christopher and the rapid progress he has been making.
The other day was surely a Kodak moment...Christopher came to school with a pink sweat shirt and a pair of bright orange shorts! New and clean takes priority over color coordination when it comes to clothing here in Macha. Colors are not specific to boys or girls. Often, the brighter, the better. He loved his outfit and thought it was great that he had on nice new clothing to wear to school...and we could not be happier to have him as a student!