Long term something to do

Sometimes there just aren't things going on.
This can be due to many reasons, school exams,
harvesting, holidays, lack of interest and in places
like here, heat.
It is not totally true to say that there is nothing
happening as the Support Group's Garden is going
along smoothly. Besides the incident in which a lady
locked the key to the garden inside and no one
where is it was for about 4 days, it could be said
that that it is going flawlessly.
That project is basically running on auto-pilot and it
takes about 15 minutes a day ... mainly to water my
plots in the garden.
As we all know, education is the base for longterm
change and especially here with the San. As mentioned
in prior blog entries, they are in the midst of a huge
transition of lifestyle and the majority are headed in
the direction of a life with alcohol.
To help prepare the future generation ... as in all other
countries and communities throughout the world ...
a decent educational system and infrastructure is
needed. In the photo above you are looking at a corner
(the best corner) of our school's library. The books you
can just barely see on the right side is 50% of the total
books the school has. The school has 10 grades and
it looks like there is about 5 books per grade.
After seeing the status of this library I've decided to
make it my personal project. Hopefully over the
rest of my time here, we can make it a little more
appealing and more than just a depressing looking room.
The plan is to transform that space into one that has all
the Feng-Shui that a library room can have. Also to build
into a resource that hopefully will motivate the students
to want to go further.
Looking at this room, well, there is a long road to hoe.
If it goes well, I an get the satisfaction of participating
and the results will outlive me.
I also get to have a project that I can keep myself busy
with, on those slow days.
But, in the end it is all about this young San generation that
is going ahead without the leaders and role models that
a generation relies on. As the San are in such a transition,
so hopefully this library will transform into something
that could get the young people the new tools they need.
So, If anyone follows this blog, get ready to hear the
progress during the upcoming 20 months. In fact I hope
that you have the chance to read about it to the point that
you are all sick of reading about it. If that happens then
things are progressing well.