Day 20

This morning it was just me and Charlotte at breakfast as there were no other guests, so it was very relaxed. Robert rang me while we were eating to say we would visit a school this afternoon so no need to rush down to ACTT.

I set off about 10.30am. There had been no rain overnight so the paths were much drier than of recent days. This morning at ACTT I worked through the finances with Robert so he could print me out the receipts I needed. I also managed to catch up with Dommy who we haven’t seen much of this trip as she has exams at college at the moment. Mama Irene was not around to provide lunch so Odilia went out and got some food from someone else. It was small fish stew with rice and greens - not my favourite.

After lunch Robert, Bakari and I drove to Kiburiloni School on the outskirts of Moshi. This school was a last minute addition to our “donation list”. Once I had calculated how much we had spent on all the other schools we had supported so far this trip, it transpired that we had enough money left to donate 3 PC’s to one more school. The Head Teacher at this school had been asking ACTT for some support for a while. The teachers here are not all as IT literate as at the other schools but they are all very keen so we decided to give them a chance. They promise to learn fast and keep in contact.

On arrival we met Juma, the Head Teacher and Rehema who will be our ICT contact. Robert and I went through the loan contract and then Bakari installed the computers. At the moment we have put them in a small room next to the Head Teacher’s office but they hope to move them to a bigger room in the near future.

The installation took a little while as Bakari had to do some electrical repairs to some wiring.

While Bakari was working the Head Teacher showed us his old computer. It no longer worked but he had kept it just so the children can see what a computer looked like.

After this Rehema showed me around the school.

This was the staff room.

Some teachers prefered to be outside.

This was the kitchen. They were cleaning up as it was the end of the day.

This was the Standard 5 classroom.

These were some children who had been cleaning the school before they went home. You can see how they had all taken off their muddy shoes while they cleaned the floor. 

Younger children were playing under the tree,


While others were just sitting. 

Rehema also showed me the room they plan to use as a computer lab.

Once all the computers were working all the teachers came and had a look and followed by some of the children. 

We also handed over some footballs but it was clear that the computers were more exciting!!

After a couple of hours we we left the school and returned to ACTT. Robert and I finished the day with a beer at Keys before I returned to TemboTamu for a dinner of chapati and lentils with Charlotte, Frank and Tony.