Monday, July 16, 2012

Homestay

So I have staying with my home stay for about the last few weeks (I honestly can’t remember when I moved in), and I haven’t described it yet. Okay so when I first came to the Ranch (the school compound), I stayed at a guest house for about a week or so until I moved into my home stay. My home stay is with a man named Kenneth, who is the Administrator at this school. I live with him and his servant Charles. Charles is a student at the local secondary school but is from Rwanda. Charles and I share a room (see the picture of my room in the Pictures blog post). By staying here and doing some work around the house, Charles’ boarding fees are paid. We live across the street from the school, maybe 90 feet away! This sort of arrangement, living in a house near the school with a servant(s), is the most common living arrangement for teachers here. Most are (as far as I can figure out) single people without families. Below is a picture of the three of us. I may get a better one later.

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