Covenant for the future

After a couple hours of music and dancing, the celebration settled down and took a much more serious tone. The village leaders outlined and discussed a covenant that all from the community and each member of our team would sign. This is the single most important moment in the project. It outlines our commitment to the community and theirs to education. They would contribute all the unskilled labor to build the school while we provide the materials, resources and construction supervision. Most importantly, this covenant outlines the commitment of the entire community to send their daughters to school in equal numbers with their boys. Take a look…