KARLS LAST DAY AT SOACHA

I am going to miss Karl the English volunteer when he heads back to Blighty shortly. The two of us have been sharing our English teaching at the school in Soacha since we arrived in Bogota almost three weeks ago, and it has largely worked out well. I speak better Spanish, but Karl is better at getting the kids to keep quiet during lessons, as indeed he did on Wednesday when he kicked a couple of Year Eights boys out the classroom for being disruptive.

Today however, all was forgiven, when Karl gave all the boys in the class football strips that his friends back in the UK had donated before he flew out to Colombia. It was a really nice gesture, and one that was gratefully appreciated by the children, judging by the wide smiles and the genuine thank yous that a lot of them gave us afterwards. Some of these kids apparently wear their school uniforms at the weekend because they have no other clothes, which really gets you thinking.

Karl and the Year Eights at Soacha