Back to Notre Dame for the last time. Yet again another thunder storm and heavy rain which actually helped to cool the air.
A full programme was laid on for us of dancing and singing and poetry reciting and our girls got a great reception as they played and sang and as Lucy danced. Rachel and Jenny were dressed in local cloth including head gear and they strutted their stuff in the fashion show.
This was followed by closing speeches, presentation of gifts and warm goodbyes.
A simple "thank you" seemed totally ineffective for all the kindness and the warm welcome that we have enjoyed this past week but as we said in our speech it is not really goodbye but just farewell for now as we hope to return again.
The girls met their own classmates and there were many hugs and promises of letters and facebook connections and we all returned to our hotel a bit deflated but with the warm glow of having many new friends.
Reading between the lines, it seems that your "thank you" echoed clearly in the full engagement of each person in the group with everyone you met in Sunyani.
ReplyDeleteAlso, on a personal note (from the only one who has seen the time and effort you have put into Development Education in various roles over the last 10 years) I feel that this is a wonderful way to "see" the fruits of all that labour.
While the journey goes on, this is an important milestone - a rest-stop maybe - where you can sit on a stone on the side of the road in the African sun and look back over the journey so far...
... pause and reflect and enjoy the luck you have had to bring you here, appreciate the support from so many quarters in getting you here and take pride in what you have done to have travelled so far.
Well done from the 4 of us!
Enjoy the rest of the week and come home safely (the girls are counting the days).