News Alert!

If you live in the Cape May County area, the Court House library will be hosting a bake sale to fundraise for my school, Orotjitombo Primary School, on August 26^th. 

The funds will go towards a kitchen project I have been trying to get in order before I leave. Currently, the school does not have a kitchen, and is instead cooking maize meal porridge outside on a fire two times a day. It’s windy during this time of year, which makes building a fire difficult and the resulting porridge to be full of dirt, grit, and bits of foliage.

Cooking the porridge

The maize meal porridge that makes up their diet

Lining up for lunch

Serving the porridge

Mealtime isn't the healthiest it can be for the students, and thus we would like to construct a kitchen, complete with stove and refrigerator, allowing for more meal options and cleaner food. The kitchen will be an enclosed 7.5 x 5 m structure with a storage room included. 

Time is running out before I leave, and so far, the other teachers and I have not been able to find many willing donors.

The library staff has been kind enough to agree to bake some delicious treats for you Cape May County residents and visitors (and believe me, they are excellent bakers) in exchange for a few coins from your change purse. A dollar goes a long way in Namibia, and my learners and I would so appreciate if you break your diet for the day and drop by the library on August 26^th.

If you don't live in the Cape May area, you can help too! Click the donate button at the bottom of this blog to make a contribution via PayPal. Or you can click this link to donate through the WorldTeach organization. WorldTeach is a non-profit organization; thus, you can claim your donation as a charitable deduction on your income tax if you donate through them. Just click the link, and choose  "contribution to volunteer fee/in-country project" from the drop-down box labeled "Donation Specified For:" and type "Mailin Plagge" in the box that pops up.

Many thanks, guys! Hoping for the best.