Our collaboration between the Unicorn school and Mwalimu's school

We have just received £ 3,562.34 raised through Tusk Trust for Nomad Trust and Mwalimu's school in Ololosokwan-next to Nduara Camp.  This amazing amount was raised by the Unicorn School in Abingdon in the UK, and the amazing Christine Davies who just completed a hat-trick of half marathons for a classroom at Mwalimu's school.  

The Unicorn School raised this money by a coin collection around the school as well as a sponsored walk. 

A copy of the  letter from the head master can be found on my last newsletter.  Below is a picture of the sponsored walk

 A huge thank you to everyone who fund raised for this, especially Mike Pickett and Christine Davies, your support and hard work are making a real difference to the school and the lives of the children at the school.

A Christmas Present for Katumbi Primary School

Trackers Stockholmn www.trackers.se  have very generously donated USD 1200 to fund a primary teacher for Katumbi School, near Greystoke, Mahale.  It is truely a gift that will keep giving-not only to the student but to the community as a whole.

A special thank you goes out to Peter Jonsson.  I am very excited to visit Mahale early next year to find a suitable teacher to join the school for 2012.

Computer training

When the Gates family donated $16,000 to Ololosokwan Primary School for a small computer room and photocopier machines, it seemed like a pipe dream that the teachers would ever get the hang of using the laptops.  However the effect of their donation has had a huge impact on the school, as well as the surrounding community.  We saw a huge desire from people in the village to learn not only how to use the laptops but to learn how to maintain them.  Nomad Trust used the ever patient Evans Shirima from AA computers to do the training at the school and  AA computers here in Arusha have taken the training they provide a step further.  Very kindly AA computers have taken on Gabriel-a teacher from Ololosokwan Primary School for his second course in computer maintenance.

The course is free for Gabriel as he will go back to the school and share his skills with the other teachers there.  The Nomad Trust is very grateful to AA computers for their support.