On Saturday the nursery schools in this region celebrated the 46th anniversary of Independence and I was asked to accompany the nursery school in Basori. What a day!! 96 nursery schools were represented with 30 children from each school with their teachers were invited to "march past". I was included in this and it was great fun. They had nursery school age children representing local dignatories, members of the government and even the President who arrived in a cavalcade of vehicles with horns blowing, lights flashing and "security" running along side. The children all looked wonderful in their freshly cleaned uniforms and many of the girls had their hair plaited for the day, some even had their hair decorated with sweets, very colourful and noisy!
One of the highlights of the day for me was that the Sanyang Scouts, who we also support, were invited and they gave a demonstration of their marching skills which was fantastic. These children were age between 5 and 8 and honestly could have put the army to shame. They were perfectly in time, changing pace, turning and all to the real Army band. I was so proud of them. I will upload some photos soon to the Facebook page.
In the afternoon they had sports where there was some fierce competition. The children all did so well, they arrived at 10 am or before and it did not finish until 7. Brilliant day and again showed me just how proud these children and their families are that they are receiving an education.
