December 2018: We are happy to announce that thanks to the generous support of a new sponsor, in January 2019 we will start a pilot food program to provide lunches for students.
November 2018: On the last weekend in November, Kamitei held a full day of examinations to select the new crop of Eagle Scholarship students and excitingly, we awarded five new scholarships.
September 2018: One of our Eagle scholars, Winnie, graduated from secondary school last September having successfully won a Tanzanian Government Scholarship to Joyland Girls Secondary School, one of the top schools in Tanzania.
June 2018: Kamitei's Field Education Officer, Bill, recently attended a meeting with the District and Province Education Officers during which they told Bill that they observe a big difference in their region between Kamitei supported schools and non-Kamitei supported schools.
February 2018: On Thursday 1st February, we held our annual event in Amsterdam at the HQ of Newzoo to give our supporters in the Netherlands an update from Jeroen and Ageeth on Kamitei's progress during 2017 and our plans for 2018.
December 2017: In December we welcomed an important new sponsor to our network for the next three years. Globewise Foundation is a Dutch NGO focusing primarily on supporting a variety of projects in primary education, secondary education and vocational education in developing countries.
November 2017: In early November, eight students were awarded an Eagle Scholarship to start at a boarding school in Arusha next January thanks to our new Belgian sponsors.
November 2017: In November, we had our 'almost traditional' annual handout of tennis balls to students at Kamitei supported schools. A highlight of this ritual was our visit to Irkeepus School located in a Maasai community near Ngorongoro Crater.
October 2017: In 2011, Kamitei offered an Eagle Scholarship to one of the outstanding students at Kainam Primary School. The scholarship enabled Mary, from Karatu, to attend a high-quality boarding school in Arusha for several years where she stood out as one of the school's top performing students.
September 2017: On 28th September, a short video of Jeroen (our Board Chair) explaining what Kamitei does was projected on the big screen at the Legends4Legends investment conference held by our long term supporter Alternatives4Children (A4C).