Now Kobisala  is closed for christmas holiday. All children in the nursery school and in 1:st and 2:d degree can relax for 2 weeks. Buba got 5.000 skr from me when I came here. I think it mostly went to pay the teachers. I met Buba yesterday. He had been out buying cement , because before  next year start in september, 2 new class rooms shall be ready.  And he was especially happy that the doner org. From Holland also had given him money to buy a small printer which he had  desired for so long.

They work in teachers team. And the studens work a lot in groups. Buba is organizing it all and everything has to be dokumented, discussed and reported. so of cours  ther is god use of a printer.

I met one of the mothers in the alfabetisation group yesterday(. I was on my way to the tailor to pi c up a christmas dress. The cloth I had bought in Woly, where the women had weaved it.)

She beged me to help them start the alfabetisation again both in english and Mandinka. Well I will have to try

Now I will prepare a chsistmas lunch for christmas eve  for som in Babous faily, some naigbourgs and some  friends.. Yusupha (my wachman has  gone to the market in the village to buy a lot of stuff. (for the first time it all is written on a long list which he now can read!  He has been training  reeding from milk packedges, a globe a map book and some  study circle materials.

Merry Christmasand a happy new year,  to you all!   Rosalie