Trying to get her back to the blog-again

Once again, Mary Beth is in Zimbabwe and on the campus of Africa University.   And once again she and "blogger" are having difficulties.   These two just don't get along.   

 

I'll share a few things from recent emails from her. 

 

Since her arrival around the 17th of January, she has been nice and warm while most of her readers in the US would be "FREEZING".   She has accomplished one of the tasks which was to connect with 5 students and deliver notes.  First mission accomplished. 

 

 

From a recent note:

 

Panashe Gondo died in a bus accident on his way back to school from Harare.  The bus he was riding in careened off the highway and then tipped over.  He suffered severe head injuries, which made it hard for the mortuary to prepare his body quickly for a short service here on campus yesterday afternoon.  Very sad!  Only 20, and in his 2nd yr. in Humanities.  His parents said this was the first time they did not bring him back to school, and now this happened.  Heartbreaking for everyone.  Very somber tone on campus.  A busload of students and staff will leave this morning for his regular funeral service in Harare this afternoon.

 

From an earlier note:

I've met and seen all the students you sent notes for, except for Yahuda Fallani.  If you have an email address for him, I will get this to her.  All the others were most grateful, so hope they said thank you!  The rest of the money I may use for soap, lotion, washing soap, etc. for the students who are refugees.  There are about 8 of them ~~ 6 boys and 2 girls ~~ all on scholarship but with nothing extra for personal care items, etc.  I'm trying to work on a way to identify these students and see how we can fix this hole in the safety net for them.  A touring group of 32 from So. Carolina was here last weekend, and left some toiletry items plus some cash for meals, etc., so hope it goes a long way. 

 

Finding ways to assist the Scholarship students living on campus is a challenge.   Many students are at the University on full scholarship but have not one dime to purchase personal items.   There is a fund that helps for every student that gets support another 10 need funds but there is nothing left.   Mary Beth is trying to address the needs.  

 

Now I will see if she and I can't find a way to get "Blogger" to work with her a little so she can make her own posts.