By Sarah L Armstrong and Reverend Patrick George | Director and Program Manager
Praise be to the almighty for the wonderful blessing that God is giving to COTN-SL As we round up the school year, the children have been eating daily in the week. A healthy living means good nourishing balance food. Our school going children in Mallory Jansen Memorial School Ngolala always pray for those that are funding the BTA program through Aunty Sarah.
Learning in our school is gradually improving when looked at the previous years. As a rural community setting, children learning is a two way track in quality education. One of this is the commitment of parents in encouraging their children to come to school daily. The result is the external examinations which have been encouraging. The organization is very proud including the entire student because COTN-SL schools are fed with daily meal. For this reason the nursery children are always present. The BTA program is contributing in the transformation process in upper Banta. The parents are very happy as their children desire to learn and they willingly come to school without demanding for money since most parents in our community are low income earners. Through the joint support of BTA, COTN-SL and WFP the Banta Kids are happy with their daily meals.
Children Stories
A 13 year old boy in class five lives with his Mother and Father in the same village called Wubangay which is about 3 miles to Ngolala School. He has five sisters and three brothers. According to him, BTA has done a lot of goodness to his life. He always comes to school without his parents giving him lunch. He says as long as there is BTA in school, he always attends school expecting food during lunch which makes him very happy. The food is delicious and well cooked. The cook brings food and serves every child in class. He prays that BTA will continue for the feeding program when he goes to secondary school in Mallory Jansen High school Ngolala.
A 12 year old girl in class 5 is presently staying with her Mother, a single parent. Her Father abandoned their home when she was three. She has two brothers and two sisters who are all attending the same school at Ngolala. According to her, her prayer is that BTA food continue to help feed other children in the villages were COTN-SL schools exist. She thanks BTA donors for their very good support to the children who are feeding on the BTA feeding program.
And another 12 year old girl in class 3 is staying in Dodo village which is two miles away from Ngolala where the school is. She walks on foot with other children to come to school. But she enjoys her schooling because of the BTA food in school which she feeds on daily. But she hopes that the food the children are getting will help them to learn more for the development of their community. She says, ‘I pray to do well in school to pass all my exam because such opportunity that BTA is giving to me is so great.
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