Friday, November 27, 2009

A greeting from Namibia to Switzerland

Namibia Fact: Namibia is the first country in the
world to incorporate the protection of the
environment into it's constitution; some 14%
of the land is protected, including virtually the
entire Namib Desert coastline.

The Omega Combined School is a rural school
that could be best described as, a school lacking
resources.
There is one Atlas for the school of about 225 learners.
These are some of the challenges we have and
are trying to resolve.
So, if what appears to be interesting statements or
questions please bear in mind the limitations these learners
are faced with and have patience.
But as an observer, I can say that the learners here are
just so excited every time they receive your communications.

Here are the learner's entries:

Hi everybody in Switzerland, welcome.
How is Switzerland?
Thanks for posting this letter to us, we were very much
happy when we saw your school faces.
I would like to ask questions about your country ...
* Where exactly can your find Switzerland?
* What do you usually do in your country?
* And I would like to know something about your culture.

Here in Namibia we do a lot of cultural dancing.

Thanks grade 9 English

Hello everybody in Montana.

Thanks for posting.
It is good to hear some of the things you do in your
tradition. We do not have Thanksgiving here, we never
heard of it before. In our tradition we do not have that.
Every January when it is time for harvest, elders are the
first people to eat what we have harvested, then after is
when the children eat.

Questions:

How is Montana?
Where exactly can we find Montana?

We are looking forward to hear your response.

Grade 9 English

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