Matthew 6 School

Here are some photos of one of the schools I am working at, called Matthew 6.  


These are the classrooms, as you can see the school is in extremely poor condition.  Many broken chairs, some with desks some without.  The school is specifically for children from very poor families who cannot afford to send their children to other bigger schools.  They are trying to encourage children in the local area into school.  Very often you will see young children in the streets selling things when they should be at school, these families can not afford to send their children to school and have to get them to work in order to make some money to feed the family.  This school sees the need to educate all children and this often means that the parents can not pay their fees and the school goes without the funds it needs, and they cannot even pay their staff.  


                                                                    

The children love having their photo taken, I was trying to just get a shot of the classroom but they insisted on getting in the photo!

This photo is the head teacher joining in one of our play sessions. It was really good to have the staff joining in the games, as it shows they have taken on board the work Second Chance have been doing with them about the importance of play for children.


It was really good fun, however it was almost a million degrees so I nearly melted out in the sun!