Furniture for Katmbi Primary school

We finally have the new chairs, desks, and cupboards for Katumbi Primary ready to go into the classrooms!  Very exciting!

Nursery Program at Katumbi-Mahale. March 2011

After months of interviewing local members of the community to run and teach the nursery class, we finally found a winner by the name of Saadick Issa.  We were able to garner the use of an old classroom in Katumbi school for the nursery kids-a very basic class room!!

As well as providing a place to learn, Nomad Trust provides the children with one meal a day-porridge around mid morning.

I think at the moment most of the kids come because of the free meal, but slowly I am sure we will be able to help provide them with more resources, and educational games for the classroom

Computer room at Katumbi School,Mahale. March 7th-10th 2011

The greatly anticipated arrival of the solar equipment to Katumbi School.

  I travelled to Katumbi with the amazing Shirima-standing in picture, from AA Computers in Arusha who set up the computer room, over saw the solar installation and carried out a three day training course to students and teachers on basic word and excel use.  A huge step for this little school.

Watching over the students as they get used to using computers for the first time in their lives.

Installing the solar panels-we attached them to the roof of the computer room.

And away we go!  A thrilled Shirima once the system is fully functioning!   It was a very exciting moment for us all!

Maajabu Film in Piaya-Feb 2011

I was lucky enough to travel with the Maajabu Film Crew to Piaya to show educational films to the local schools and community.   The kids LOVED it!  We all pilled into one room, blocked out the windows with Maasai shukas and settled in for a movie day!
In the evening, different films were shown to the local community, in their local language-Maa-we focused on HIV/AIDS awareness and water conservation.

Katumbi Primary School

It is possible to visit this wonderful little school near the airstrip. It is incredibly basic, but within the year that I have been coming here it has changed almost beyond recognition.  Through some incredibly generous donors we have been able to buy the school $3000 worth of text books.

Nomad client, Nigel Palmer has been amazing to the school and donated solar panels and laptops and net books to start a computer room.  We have done our first teacher and student training-teaching basic word and excel. 

 The Nomad Trust has also started a nursery program, where we sponsor a nursery teacher, as well provide the children with one meal a day.

A special thanks goes out to our Nomad Trust representative at Greystoke, Hassani, a wonderful chimp tracker and role model for young people from Katumbi village. 

Safari Kids at Mahale

Our guides have agreed to donate three days of their time to take a small group of school students into the national park, to teach them about ecology (and to hopefully spot a primate or two!). We hope that the children will take with them an excitement about he incredible resources they have on their door step, and a desire to protect their environment long into the future. 

This is an on going project, helped funded by the primate booklets for sale at Greystoke - our last safari kids trip was at the end of last season and was enjoyed by all.