The video depicts a lot about GGYN and its surrounding community that I don't think can be captured quite as well in writing or picture. You get a glimpse into the real, daily life of the school from clips of Benjamin playing the drum while kids watch from the fence, cows and chickens in the school yard, Siza painting, backpacks hanging from the mango tree, Mollishmael leading a parent-teacher meeting, friends sitting on the floor and eating dinner during a frequent power-outage - well, from all of it.
The rain starting after about four minutes in is all footage from the flood that I wrote about back in October, and the way that Fernando put those clips together really captures the severity of the storm and the beauty of the reconstruction.
I am incredibly proud of being a part of what this video shows, and I sincerely hope that you have a few minutes to watch it, too! If there are any questions about anything that's being shown, please leave a comment and I'd be happy to answer. Just an FYI: there are some clips that weren't shot at GGYN, so unfortunately that waterfall you see wasn't actually part of the campus.
Oh, and remember these?
The video's got proof that it all really happened. Crazy, right?
One last thing before the video itself, though: while watching, please pardon my not-quite-yet-spectacular African dance moves. Just a warning.
Thanks to Fernando Siu!
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