Passing Out Acceptance Packets

Today we had a really busy day! Camryn went to Ben Bella to meet with old scholars and collect their photo release forms and connection letters.

Iris and I first went to Lumumba, where we met with Shemsa, Tawhida, and Rahima, our three current scholars. We talked with them about S4Si and gave them their scholar folders. We took pictures with them too! I hadn’t had any pictures with scholars yet, so I was excited about that.

Then we met with all 10 of the Lumumba form II applicants. We thanked all of them and announced who received the scholarship. Even though the girls that didn’t receive the scholarship were visibly disappointed, we thought this was more personal than just handing out rejection letters and also didn’t make anyone feel singled out. It also recognized those that did receive the scholarship. We gave acceptance packets to the two girls that got the scholarship, Mulhat and Rahima, who were both very excited. Muhaymina, our teacher contact at Lumumba, the girls and their parents will be coming to a meeting at FAWE next Friday to get everyone on the same page.

Next we hightailed it to Zanzibar Commercial Secondary School. We met with Ramla, Jamila, and Maryam, our current scholars and then did the same process with the scholar recipients at ZCSS as we did at Lumumba. Amne and Ilham were also ecstatic.

We had to be back to meet with Jacob Jacob at 12 to pay for the rest of our safari so our morning sure was hectic!

Since Form II at Ben Bella only meets in the afternoon, we had to wait until around 4 to hand out new scholar acceptance packets. The five girls that received the scholarship, Bahati, Mwanaidi, Farhat, Tawhida, and Sabra, were VERY happy. I am jealous that Camryn and Iris will get to spend more time with our new scholars and really get to know them.

Vocab word of the day:
Tisa – 9 (for our nine scholars!)