Mwalimu's school + The Unicorn School

In the UK we have formed a little partnershipwith The Unicorn School, Abingdon, and Mwalimu's school here in Ololosokwan.  The Unicorn school recently sent out some of their school sweaters for the kids at Mwalimu's school.  Even Mwalimu himself wears one! 

Mwalimu's School

At the beginning of the month one of our donors, Christine Davies, came out to visit Mwalimu's school.  Chris has been fund raising for this school for the past 3 years and has built a kitchen, and teachers housing for the school.  It was wonderful to have her and Diana out to visit.
Christine very kindly brought out some football shirts for the kids so we had a football match, the engraved cup she brought out was a HUGE hit, with everyone in the community wanting to be photographed with it.

The football teams in their new shirts. 
The community came out in force to say a BIG thank you to Chris and Diana for all their help and hard work on behalf of the school.  The women sang and danced for us.

  We were all adorned with Maasai jewelery as a thank you.

 

 

A day in the park-Chada, Katavi

Partnered with TANAPA we have a bus to take school ages children into Katavi National Park.  John Gara, the Katavi Park Warden sent me a picture of the new bus, TANAPA repainted the bus and I was amazed at the result!

The school kids will travel into the park on a regular basis with a TANAPA ranger and, when time allows, a Nomad guide to learn about the ecosystem and the amazing resource that is on their doorstep. 

Ololosokwan Computer Room

The new computer room at Ololosokwan Primary is up and running.  The conmputer room has 18 new laptops, internet facilities, projector and a white board.  The teachers and kids are thrilled with it! 

Safaricom Half Marathon

Over the weekend I ran the Safaricom Half Marathon on Lewa Conservancy to raise funds for Tusk Trust.  It was an incredible experience, but a tough run-6500 ft altitude, and some killer hills.  I went up with Matt Brown of The Nature Conservancy (TNC). 

My last few kilometers of the run I was struggling and ended up running next to one of the TNC team members who very sweetly coached me through to the end of the run.  TNC had the amazing Scott Jurek running for them, I got to chat to him and TNC got me a signed copy of his new book 'Eat & Run'.

In the future the Nomad Trust hopes to partner with TNC for their project in the greater Mahale Ecosystem so watch this space!

Mwalimu's school new sweaters

The wonderful "Unicorn School" in Abingdon, Oxford sent out some of their extra school sweaters for the kids at Mwalimu's school in Ololosokwan.

  The kids were thrilled to have some new clothes, and looked very smart. A big THANK you to The Unicorn School