By Andrew Aikman | English Teacher and Volunteers Coordinator Kitezh
We want to send a BIG thank you to everyone who has so generously and tirelessly helped us to get this far with our ambitious project!
Preparations continued throughout the summer, and finally, on 29th August we were able to officially open the 1st phase of the Family Development and Education Centre - now in daily use. Everyone loves it; the bright modern classrooms and their unusual windows, the warm building and the large recreation hall. It has a comfortable feeling to it, curved walls and lots of light. Every evening and some lunchtimes the table tennis rivalry is played out, often to the accompaniment of the percussionists. No doubt there will soon be other musicians exploiting the space. I hope to get lighting set up for theatrical productions.
Katya (16) says: "I really like the new classrooms, they're bright and those windows are super! Lots of likes. I like to sit in the window, on the sill!"
In spite of the poor financial climate, just two weeks after the beginning of the term, we placed our faith in providence again and poured the foundations of the second phase. After preparation by our builders, it was a day-long great team effort, involving almost every able-bodied man in the community, pushing and raking the flowing concrete from the succession of ready-mix lorries. Needless to say, celebrations followed.
Now again we put our trust in our many friends and supporters, to help us raise the funds to build nine classrooms. Then we will have all our classrooms in a single modern, efficient building; no need for children to wrap up in coats and wander across the site from class to class; no more scramble in the corridors for boots and coats. Though the cold outside air wakens the brain, maybe enough time can be saved for another o lesson in the day.
With your help, when we have completed the third phase(!) we will have a theatre and a gym and a dance studio and canteen, all in the same elegantly curved complex.
Please help us now to continue this inspiring work on our foundation, to construct the new classrooms that will then allow 100 children to study in the innovative, creative Kitezh School.
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