Our final day at the Jamii School was Tuesday. Similar work for all of us from what we did on Monday. Final count of total patients seen for the trip = 1529. Good work team!
A few photos from the school...
Assistant teacher Suzanne is carrying the teacher's baby on her back while she helps the students with the day's craft project. The baby was with always with us in the classroom either crawling around, or being held by the mother or her helper, or sometimes being fed by the mother.
Every day the kids and teachers have a chai break. Two students here are returning their plastic cups which will be washed by the kitchen staff.
One craft this year was making a lei of interlocking strips with the names of friends and family.
Directly behind the Thompson's gazelle is an observation point; the highest land in the park. The slopes of Kilimanjaro are rising slowly behind that. In my six years of coming here, I've yet to see the whole mountain since it's routinely covered with clouds.
We got to see a lot of elephants who seemed super contented to be munching on lush green grass in swampy areas. Quite different from when we come in August and things are so dry.
Incredible closeup view of a hippo; best I've ever witnessed. They look cute and pudgy but can be quite dangerous.
Another unusual siting was a family of a lion, lioness and three juveniles - SO GREAT! My pictures are lousy so not posting them here but the encounter will keep playing in my brain. We also witnessed (from afar) an elephant chasing off a giraffe.
Baboons with a baby.
Most of our group around the fire pit at the lodge. It's been a terrific time of working together as a team. In our last meeting together this evening, we all shared how much we appreciate the connections we've made on this journey. We're grateful for each other and what we did together.
A few photos from the school...
Assistant teacher Suzanne is carrying the teacher's baby on her back while she helps the students with the day's craft project. The baby was with always with us in the classroom either crawling around, or being held by the mother or her helper, or sometimes being fed by the mother.
Playing with balloons outside for a break was a huge hit with the "babies" (i.e., the preschoolers)
Basilus, one of the school's directors, was organizing the kids so that all of them could be in one picture. Not an easy task when you have over 700 students enrolled!
Then it was safari time! We went to a new safari lodge this year which was beautiful and wonderful in so many ways. And we were all happy to have some delicious new food choices since our menus have been pretty redundant.
Directly behind the Thompson's gazelle is an observation point; the highest land in the park. The slopes of Kilimanjaro are rising slowly behind that. In my six years of coming here, I've yet to see the whole mountain since it's routinely covered with clouds.
Incredible closeup view of a hippo; best I've ever witnessed. They look cute and pudgy but can be quite dangerous.
Baboons with a baby.
Tomorrow we do some shopping and small excursions before we fly out. It may be that as I get some photos from others that would be fun to share, I'll post them here later. Thanks for journeying with us!
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