The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire

The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire

Part 5 – February 1, 2015. Now it’s their turn to eat.

What was on your shopping list on Friday?

Here’s ours:

Blue Band margarine 500 g 50 tubs

Tip Top (petroleum jelly) 100 g 50 tubes

Vegetable oil 500 ml 48 jugs

Jam 250 g 48 tins

Peanut Butter 300 g 48 jars

Rice 1 kg 60 bags

Sugar 1 kg 50 bags

Salt 500 g 50 bags

Laundry soap 600 g 50 bars

Tea biscuits 3/packet 432 packets

Matches 360 boxes

100 shilling bank notes 2/widow 9600 shillings

Sandy rests while Terry goes to the bank for more money

Filling the yellow bags

It doesn’t seem like much when you look at the list, but it filled the back of a small pickup truck when packed into 50 individual yellow bags (purchased at Job Lot in Clinton) along with along with 50 fleece blankets (Ikea) and some toys and books in donated suitcases.

Edith with her truck full

Saturday’s annual day-long celebration consisted of the usual – renewal of acquaintances with our many Kasavai friends of nearly ten years running; children trying out the books and Lego blocks we brought;

silly stickers for everybody;

lots of singing, dancing and praying;

Singing and praying

Dancing

and more dancing

We got a special gift

huge amounts to eat and drink for the widows, guests, and some 100 children;

Wash hands first

then food

food

and more food

and ugali, also food.

a short business meeting of the widows;

Some of the December 2014 high school graduates

Moms of some of the new vocational education program students

and the finale where the widows each got a bag full of goodies and a small gift of 200 shillings (about $2.50) from CLOUT Cares, and every adult, including us, got a 2015 calendar produced by the widows.