By Dennis Gaboury | Founder, Chair, Board of Trustees
Happy Holidays to all our friends around the world. In the months since our last report we have poured the foundation to our pre-school building and are now laying brick to floor level. We are hoping to complete by April.
Foster, who became a real professional during the building of our Center and now operates his own business installing solar arrays around Zimbabwe, stopped by to supervise the construction. One of the most difficult parts of construction is making sure the four corners are level and since we do not have lasers we have to be extra careful. And Foster has the professionalism and acumen to make sure we are successful. We are so proud of his accomplishments and the fact that he returns consistently to help out and train others in solar installation. He is a testament to our emphasis on passing it forward.
Sisasenkhosi is busy sewing the school uniforms for the pre-school. The Ministry of Education has approved our plans and is helping us make sure we have dotted our i's and crossed our t's. For the first time we will be taking fee-paying non-orphans into our school which covers for the costs for orphans we will be admitting. Prior to this our pre-school was informal but our graduates received high praise from their first grade teachers. That praise prompted the Ministry to encourage us to become official. Many thanks to Proctor and Gamble Alumni Association and the Independent Pilots Association for grants enabling us to build our pre-school building. Samantha, Sithabisiwe and Thamani now are certified Early Childhood teachers having completed all coursework.
We know you are busy this time of year so we are making this short and sweet. Wishing you all the best in the coming year and thank you again for your support, trust and kindness.
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