School Photo Day

Kevin and I had the idea of holding a School Photo Day as a fundraiser where learners could get their photos taken and printed, so last Sunday was our first shot.  It was pretty successful, but we think this first Photo Day may have already generated more interest in another for the learners who didn’t partake this time. 

Anyway, here are some of the photos we took, and you can again observe some cultural norms of Namibian youth “catching” their photos.  (For example, Americans tend to smile, while other cultures may tend to be more serious.)  Most of the larger group photos were soccer or Qwaito (dance) teams, although a couple were “Kung Fu groups!”

A young soccer team, featuring the Dogg's newest hip hop CD:

A young Qwaito group:

Guy friends:

Another young soccer team:

Friends from Grades 5-7, featuring some of my faves!  (I mean, I don't have favorites..!)

 

I like this one because Patches was invited in!

Friends from Grades 6 and 7:

BFFs from high school:

Friends from high school:

Friends from Grades 5-7:

A "Kung Fu" group, learners from Grades 4 or 5 and the girl on the top from Grade 7:

High school friends:

Next 3 are high school girls:

This is one of the register class (homeroom) of a teacher who just left our school since he was only temporarily filling in for a teacher who was on Maternity Leave.  He told the kids to borrow school uniforms from other learners to make the photo really nice… and then, well, look at what he wears!  It’s just another cultural thing, I guess.