March 2017: In March, the Kamitei team visited our Eagle Scholarship students attending the Edmund Rice Sinon Secondary School in Arusha to check on their progress and wellbeing.
February 2017: A day after our annual sponsors' event in Amsterdam, the Kamitei team of Jeroen, Jane and Ageeth travelled to Belgium to attend the inaugural sponsors' event hosted by Hugo Levecke at The Royal Hockey Club in Leuven.
February 2017: The annual sponsor event in Amsterdam for 2017 was held in January and we were happy to see so many old and new friends who support Kamitei.
September 2016: Not long now and the new teacher house in Marar will be finished. With lack of housing and transport for teachers causing a major blockage to teachers' attendance, the construction of a new teacher house in Marar will help the Marar Primary School a lot!
September 2016: In a recent article The Economist argued that teaching teachers to be more effective in their job is the most effective way overall to improve educational results.
September 2016: Eagle scholar Winnie ended #1 of the entire school in mid-year, continuing her top ranking from last year. Winnie joined our Eagle Scholarship program in 2011 and has been doing very well throughout.
September 2016: Two Community Scholarship alumni, Leiylo and Kimolo, have been awarded internships with Tanzania National Parks. Both alumni started their community scholarships in July 2015.
September 2016: A few days ago Jane and Jeroen received an envelope and a small gift but surprising gift... it was a box of fresh eggs. Inside was a letter from Sylvester, a talented student from many years ago.
September 2016: A couple of weeks ago, students at Hareabi Primary School were surprised by an unexpected gift from Dutch tennis club ProTe In when each student received a tennis ball.
September 2016: It was Saturday the 7th of November when the Kamitei team accompanied Johanna to her house to tell her family that she just became one of the Eagle Scholarship students!