A Little Bit of Uganda in Our Hearts

When we were getting ready for Dr. Joaquín Mendonça´s lecture about his work at "Cirujanos del mundo,"

little did we know that we would be getting a taste of Uganda in some of our classes every Tuesday, first with Yunusu and Emmanuel and then, once Yunusu had left, with Emmanuel.

The students did not get to meet Fred but he is a cute little boy who is also back home now -and who, I´m sure, they will all wish they had met.

In the future, when we hear about Uganda, we´ll put a face to any piece of news from there -and a very good-looking face, indeed.

Here are some images of our friends in our school:

I, for one, will miss picking Emmanuel up every Tuesday morning. I know it wasn´t easy for him to come into our almost-completely-white school, but he enjoyed himself very much around us, so much so that he pushed himself to overcome his fear.

Besides, he did everything he was asked to do for school, from homework to classwork; he felt at ease in the small classes, so much so that he would raise his hand if he had any questions and he would participate if he knew the answers. This has been a two-way street: he has learnt among us but we have learn a lot from him.

As for the English class, I hope having Emmanuel around has shown my students that leaning English can be both useful and rewarding.

These kids deserve not only a newspaper article but a magazine cover:

Good luck, Emmanuel, Yunusu and Fred and lots of love from your friends in Lugo!

I won´t answer any of your comments since I understand they are all for Emmanuel. I hope he will enjoy them

Publicado por Rosa I. Pérez Parapar