We are happy to announce that in January 2019 we will start with a food program. Thanks to a new sponsor we can start a pilot for providing lunches for the students.
In the last weekend of November we had a full day of exams to select the new crop of Eagle Scholarship students and we awarded five new scholarships.
One of our Eagle students, Winnie, graduated last September. As an Eagle Scholarship student she started at Kilimanjaro English Medium primary school in Arusha.
Our field officer Bill had a meeting with education officers of the District and the Province.
On Thursday February 1, 2018, we held our annual event in Amsterdam at the HQ of Newzoo, with an update from Jeroen and Ageeth on progress made in 2017 and plans for 2018, as well as some very tasty food prepared by Grace.
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).