eSibonisweni + Saint Mark's: A Student Recalls An Early Meeting Opportunity

Monday, January 10, 2011

A Student Recalls An Early Meeting Opportunity

On Friday, January 7, I went to dinner with my mom, Kendal and Kendal’s mom at Applebees at North Gate Mall.While we were there we saw Mrs. Becker, her husband and four of the South African students and three of their teachers. We introduced ourselves and spoke to them for a while. They had just gotten off the plane and were hungry. Their flight was over 14 hours ,and they told us how only one of the teachers had ever been in an airplane before. They looked exhausted, but excited. When I asked one of the students what he thought about San Rafael, he said, “It is very nice, but cold." - Wally

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This blog records the experience of two seemingly disparate school communities who entered into a partnership in 2001: eSibonisweni Primary School, located in the rural northeast of South Africa, and Saint Mark's School in San Rafael, California. School partnership works from a model in which a challenged local community is engaged in leading its own development. We believe that the developed world can lift up the developing world without creating a culture of dependence. But it takes time and the efforts of many hands, hearts, and minds. And more time. After ten years and four visits to South Africa by members of the Saint Mark's community (over 160 students, parents, teachers, and administrators to date), we were honored with our first visit from six students and five teachers from eSibonisweni in January 2011. Here's to the next ten years! For more information about our partnership, visit www.saintmarksschool.org/our_community/sister.aspx. For more information on creating a partnership, visit www.eduweavers.org.