Dear family and friends,

Today we returned to the village of Uru West to tour the secondary school and their dispensary.

We met the Headmaster at the school which is similar to our high school, but ages 12-16. They have 210 children and 2 new buildings thanks to donations and the parents help in building it.
Many of the students are orphans from AIDS. We learned that the cost to educate one student is only $121.00 per year. It sounds like nothing to us but a fortune to them.

This site also has no clean water and no access to it. The students go to fetch buckets of water, which is a half kilometer away during their break. Although they have such hardships, they are very happy to be there studying and understand the importance of education. When we visited one of the classes, they sang the all-American song to us - Old McDonald Had a Farm. It was really funny!

The dispensary is a small hospital with only 25 beds where they can treat everything from
diahrea to cholera and deliver babies. They also have no running water. They do have a storage tank but have to boil it. We learned that after boiling the water for an hour over an open fire,
they still have to wait 24 hours before using it.

At the end of the day, we had a final meeting with the Counselors and decided the next step is to schedule a meeting with the District Engineer in charge of water. We will meet with him on Thursday and find out about getting a survey done and discuss the possibilities.

We are very hopeful and excited about how much we have accomplished.

Tomorrow we go on a quick 24 hour safari to connect the ecology and animals with our water project, which will be very exciting for our film.

Love to all.