Western Pace

Simon tells me that my coming was a nice infusion of energy into the center. As a majority of the “work” is playing countless games of Sorry! and checkers with the kids, it is easy to fall into a lackadaisical mindset. Not that it is a bad thing by any means and it definitely provides a nice break from the traditional conception of work, even if it is done at an African pace.

But Simon and I have actually been cruising along. We have convinced the staff to update the database and correct some of the mistakes and anomalies found in the children’s files. And while they work on one computer, Simon and I work on the other creating a website for the center. Not that it wasn’t a legitimate program before, but in the digital age it is almost necessary. You can visit it at www.mathareproject.webs.com. It is still a work in progress, but should be finished and updated regularly after that point. Some of the more interesting updates that we are looking forward to include graphs of the data regarding our children, which the techno savvy Simon and Greg discovered through messing around in the database.