Saturday 18th July
This morning breakfast was outside as the dining room was set up for our final meeting. The HT’s, inspectors, SDO’s had all been invited to come for 9am. Of course they should have been invited for about 7am for the meeting to start on time!
It was an opportunity for us to fill in evaluation forms, feedback about the whole SPR process, make recommendations and discuss issues that had arisen. We had a very positive and productive time together discussing lots of things that had arisen. Margaret, one of the three school inspectors in the district, spoke beautifully at the end about moving forward and improving education. She also requested that the SCIPD visits could be made reciprocal. It would be fantastic to be able to welcome Ugandan colleagues and return the hospitality.
We finished with an amazing buffet style lunch of Ugandan food. Delicious!
It was wonderful to have the afternoon to relax after all the work in the last couple of weeks and try to catch up on these bloggings.
Some of us wandered back along the road into town to pick up some garments that were being made by the tailor. We had a stroll through the market and were fascinated by the vivid sights, sounds, smells and bustle. It was packed with people selling everything from passion fruit, tomatoes, onions, and potatoes to jack fruit, mangoes, shoes, clothes, pots and pans. We found a man who was recycling car tyres into flip flops and a woman selling paraffin lamps from recycled tin cans. The Ugandan people certainly demonstrate an ability to reduce, reuse and recycle!
We really enjoyed sampling some of the street food. We had some lovely pancakes and chapatis. The muchuomo (kebabs) looked delicious but we were full up!
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