Ntombifuthi and I looking at spreadsheets
Thembi wowing the CanadiansTuesday was my turn on devotions. Mathew 6 – hypocrisy.
Lots of preparation with the Canadian International Dev Agency arriving. Final run thru presentation with Thembi who was no longer the shy quiet Zulu and was looking very confident. Set the hall up and running the clock only to learn the Canadians were an hour late. On arrival it transpired the head of CIDA in Canada (DG equivalent in NSW PS parlance) was one of the people visiting. Presentation excellent. I sat at the back and just provided a few cues. Hard to believe this is the first time this young Zulu has done a powerpoitn presentation. Lots and lots of questions from the Canadians. It was apparent they did not understand the cultural context. They then went to visit a garden and speak to someone who was HIV+. Lunch was cancelled as they were there for well over an hour and half. A two hour visit panned out to nearly three and a half and they went to Durban without lunch. All happy with the day.
I spent the rest of the afternoon in the office. Ntombifuthi asked me some questions about how AAF wanted finances reported and variance budgets so spent a bit of time explaining what it was the Treasurer of their Board was asking her to do.
Thembi, Tk and I then spent till 7pm working on a monitoring report for AAF back home. These guys work hard.
Lots of preparation with the Canadian International Dev Agency arriving. Final run thru presentation with Thembi who was no longer the shy quiet Zulu and was looking very confident. Set the hall up and running the clock only to learn the Canadians were an hour late. On arrival it transpired the head of CIDA in Canada (DG equivalent in NSW PS parlance) was one of the people visiting. Presentation excellent. I sat at the back and just provided a few cues. Hard to believe this is the first time this young Zulu has done a powerpoitn presentation. Lots and lots of questions from the Canadians. It was apparent they did not understand the cultural context. They then went to visit a garden and speak to someone who was HIV+. Lunch was cancelled as they were there for well over an hour and half. A two hour visit panned out to nearly three and a half and they went to Durban without lunch. All happy with the day.
I spent the rest of the afternoon in the office. Ntombifuthi asked me some questions about how AAF wanted finances reported and variance budgets so spent a bit of time explaining what it was the Treasurer of their Board was asking her to do.
Thembi, Tk and I then spent till 7pm working on a monitoring report for AAF back home. These guys work hard.
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