Dear
all members of “Walking Together”.
We
thank to all of you who are always helping and praying for us with generous
heart.
This
is to update the Bulletin No.8 of “Walking Together”.
It
was supposed to be published by the end of June; however, as OLG started again
on April 14th 2015, we decided to publish it 1 month ahead of
schedule to inform this wonderful news AEAP to you.
There
is as yet no promising prospect to end the Ebola outbreak in all affected
countries in Sierra Leone.
In
this situation, we cannot let our guard down and might need new forms of our
support program.
The
description of each page of the bulletin is as follows:
Page 1: These
photos are from Sr. Yoshida.
In the above 3
photos, you can see the children taking measurement of body temperature at
school gate on the first day of reopening school. (April 14th 2015)
Probably, this
experience was for the first time ever in their life.
They got
nervous but were relieved to find that their temperature were average.
In the bottom
photo, you can see the children putting a smile back on their face 9 months
after the school had been closed.
Page 2: A report from Sr. Elisa Padilla （m.c.p.
Superior of Sierra Leone ）
It expresses his
gratitude and pleasure after coming out of the long tunnel of their struggling.
Also, despite
the continuing difficulties that it expresses his determination to walk
together with his students in the presence of God.
In this photo,
you can see Sr.Elisa teaching her students how to clean up after the school
meal.
Page 3: A
report from Sr. Kazuko Shirahata.
It expresses
her gratitude for coming back to Sierra Leone safely after her temporary return to Japan.
Also it
mentions that nursery activity has restarted in a new kindergarten building.
In this photo,
you can see the kindergarten children learning in a new kindergarten building.
Page 4: A
report from Sr. Fumiko Yoshida.
It describes
how we got to reopen the school after overcoming great difficulties.
Also it reports
our future plan to catch up with the other schools’ studies which remain closed
and the number of the Ebola outbreak death.
It is reported
that we have lost 4 kindergarten children and 4 school teachers.
We have 10
survivors; however, all those survivors lost their parents and were orphaned by
Ebola.
In this photo,
you can see the junior and senior-high students giving a prayer of thanks for reopening
school.
Page 5: A Letter
from Mother Julia Meijuerio morosini (M.C. Superior General) and Sr.Graciela
Patron Trujillo.
It expresses
their gratitude and the impressions of the bulletin No.7.
The next
paragraph is a report from Mr.Hisada Mitsumasa （The chief director of Aichi
volunteer center ）
It expresses
his gratitude to our support activities and reports that they have provided
emergency food to OLG.
In this photo,
you can see the volunteer students involved in packing emergency food by bulk
container.
The bottom of
page.5 and the left side of page6 is a newsletter from our benefactors.
The right side
of page.6 and the left side of page7 are a simple chronological table for our
support activities.
The other part
of page 7, 8 is a newsletter from our Headquarter.
It mentions
about the remittance status from our benefactors and the preannouncement of next
general meeting.
Page 8: On the
above photo, you can see the kindergarten children playing in a new
kindergarten building. On the bottom photo, you can see the elementary school
children attending in morning assembly on the first day of reopening
school.
Eventually,
OLG has started to “Walk” again.
(translator : Rutsuko Okada)
