$4000 donation for Katumbi Village Clinic

We recently got an incredibly generous donation from Nigel Palmer and Stern Electric, UK.  Through their pin-up 2012 calendar sales they raised funds to go towards doing up the clinic at Katumbi Village and buying much needed medication and equipment.
The small but well used clinic is run by the lovely Nurse Elizabeth, previously we had provided a solar fridge for vaccinations, but the clinic is still short on many basic items-including furniture, shelving and medication!

We called a meeting with all the village council members to hand over the first installment of their donation so that Nurse Elizabeth can start ordering medication from Kigoma town.

The Gates Project-Ololosokwan

 A few years ago three incredibly generous families-Mike & Mary Terry, Jennifer & John Gates and Kitty Jenkins donated $16,000 towards setting up a computer room, solar and printers at Ololosokwan Primary School, near Nduara in Loliondo.  The project was a HUGE success with a number of teachers and individuals getting totally hooked on learning about computers. 
This year they have decided to take the project a step further and have contributed an incredible $20,000 for 20 new computers, and an upgrade for the solar system. 
A HUGE thank you from all at Ololosokwan Primary, but especially Gabriel and myself, Lali.  You have truly made a difference in the lives of the students and teachers of this small village.  I am so looking forward to watching the project develop.

Wild for Learning at Greystoke

Today 18 students and 1 teacher from local secondary schools came to visit Greystoke, Mahale to spend the day chimp trekking with our Nomad guides.  This is a yearly project we have in order to try and teach the kids about the chimpanzees as well as their habitat.  It is an incredibly rewarding experience for all, the students go back to their class mates and have to do a small talk on what they learnt and saw.

 The students heading off into the forest.

 All visitors to Mahale National Park have to wear face masks so as not to transfer any human germs or bugs to the Chimpanzees

In the Greystoke mess.  Unfortunately it was a grey and wet day out for the students, however they did at least get to see a chimpanzee!