Errampatti Village School

We're really excited about the new connections we're making with Errampatti Middle School in our village.  Over the last couple of months talks have been underway with the new principal and we hope to start a evening tutoring program at the school in June.  We've been trying to get this up and running for over a year but sometimes things take longer than we expect.  The other exciting news is that Payne Road State School at The Gap in Brisbane is now working with us to fundraise for equipment for the school and uniforms, bags and school supplies for poor families in our village.  Our aim is to increase school attendance amongst the poorer families and help provide a better learning environment for all the children in our village. The school has about 450 students in 10 classes.  There are no toilets for the boys.  Grade 9 and 10 classes were added to the school at the beginning of the year but the additional classrooms are still being built so the 2 youngest classes are presently having their lessons under trees in the playground.

No fancy playgrounds here

The day starts with morning prayers

Pointing out where Australia is on the world map

Younger students waving their greetings

Two classes have their lessons under trees

The students don't have any desks or chairs