Today is my
last day working at the library here in Busia, so I thought I'd share
some of my final observations and reflections with you.
I hope you
have enjoyed the Daily Visitors posts, I had a lot of fun making
them. The readers were excited to tell me more about what they
thought about the library and had no problem being photographed! This
past Monday, Katie and I conducted the last computer class I
attended, which Katie will continue with after I leave. The mothers
have been making great progress, all arriving on time and being very
dedicated students. The mamas have also become much more engaged
during our meetings, being more open about what they know and what
they still want to learn. I remember most of the mamas did not speak
the first time I met them back in July, and now they cannot stop
asking me questions and laughing at some of my weird “Dutch”
ways.
During our
transition meeting this past Tuesday, Maria and Esther expressed
their excitement about the computer classes and they hope this will
link the mamas to the library even more. They both appreciated my
efforts here over the past 3 months and insisted I come back soon!
Yesterday, Maria, Esther, Jimmy, Mary and I took a trip to Kisumu and
enjoyed some beers and fish by Lake Victoria, as a final kwaheri
(goodbye) to me.
It has been
great interning for Maria's Libraries, and I really appreciate the
opportunity Ariel and Eva have given me. It has been a great learning
experience both professionally and personally and I would recommend it
to every newly graduated BA student out there! I definitely intend on
coming back when the new library is constructed :).
I hope you
have enjoyed reading my blogpost, and that you will keep supporting
Maria's Libraries in the future!
Cheers,
Harmke
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