Opening Celebration

October 22, 2025: We join in as the community gathers, sings, dances, and dignitaries give speeches to celebrate the opening of the new school building & library.
Schoolchildren from the community sang to welcome us to the village.
A group of women, dressed up for the occasion, greet us.
We sang, drummed, and danced the whole way through the village and up the small hill to the school.
Ken Lans (donor) & Clinton Caulker (lead contractor, who heads SfS efforts in the North) at head of the singing and dancing procession to the school.
Clinton and Cindy Nofziger, SfS founder, at reception, dressed in outfits made for us for the occasion.
Ken cutting the ribbon.
Ken in front of plaque.
Visiting and being surrounded by the kids and the Koromasilaia community was a profound, heartwarming, and joyous experience for me.
The program for the opening celebration.