Classroom Resource Painting 9% Girl Impact 6%
October - December Volunteer Hours NAFGEM 3%
Computer Skills 3% Shiners PreSchool 11% Maasai Empowerment Womens Support 12% Group - Wakipa 5% LANGUAGE LESSON:
Kiswahili: ‘Heri ya Mwaka Mypa’’ Means ‘Happy New Year!’
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School for the Deaf 2%
Local Business Development 2% Langoni Old Folks Home 15%
WHAT’S NEW ON THE GROUND? We welcomed 2 new Project Coordinators to the team – Bertha from Tanzania and Tyne from the UK. In partnership with the local District Education Office, we’ve added a new Girl Empowerment initiative in a local school that covers child rights, abuse and helps signpost children to where they can get support. It was greatly appreciated by the school and children alike. The Women’s Group we work with, WAKIPA, had their earnings from bunting sales from throughout the year distributed to them. Each received $55 and will use the money to send their children to school.
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In the second week of December, 10 volunteers, 4 members of staff and our 2 new tour guide trainees (Tuma & Zakayo), visited the rural village of Kitenden in West Kilimanjaro. The weekend trip provides the tour guides an opportunity to use their new skills and gives volunteers real insight into the traditional Maasai tribe way of life. A win-win for all!
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Volunteers delivered a 4-week empowerment program at aBefore local the secondary school during school holidays, annual graduation of ourthe English classes, we offered where students their knowledge of gender2 weeks of extra increased tuition to our Maasai students. This is the first based violence by 19%! time we have completed tuition with our Maasai students and they were fully engaged in the sessions, happy to gain We’re very English proud of the Women’s Group we support as additional language practice. they continue to expand their business, having partnered
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Adult English Literacy & Tuiton 32%