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The Tanzanian project at ISA has been developed and expanded over the last ten years. This year a group of teachers and students from ISA left Amsterdam on the 17th June to spend twenty days at the Maasae Girls Lutheran Secondary School in Monduli, Tanzania. This group comprising of 4 teachers (Sue Worsnup, Elaine Dinnie, Camille Price and Lisa Verkerk) and 9 female students from grades 10 and 11 (Paula Valentine, Madeleine Rijna, Giorgia de Stefano, Barbara Beek, Camille Verniolle, Cara Verkerk, Michelle Doherty, Romy Out and Claire McNicol) set out, following a year of preparation, full of enthusiasm and in eager anticipation to run the summer school programme with a group of 50 Form One MGLSS students. These students started the school in October 2004, they are predominately Maasae, but there are also students from other nomadic tribes in Tanzania. They have had some basic English at school and one of the aims of our programme is to help them to develop and communicate more in English. This we tried to do through the varied programme and working in smaller groups. The teaching programme that started soon after we arrived followed a fairly strict schedule with lessons from 8.30 – 10.30, 11.00 - 13.00, 13.30 – 15.30 and an evening programme from 19.15 - 20.45. The subjects we offered were English, Geography, Math, Biology, Physics, First Aid, Sports (including self defense) and Arts and Crafts. We also gave library and singing sessions. An evening programme was run which included games, dance, campfires, art and craft activities and a Maasae cultural evening.
During the programme, we get the opportunity to visit a boma and go on safari. This year we went to the boma of a medicine man who is a very important figure in the Maasae community. He is the head of his boma and has10 wives. He is also visited by Maasae from the surrounding bomas for his advice and healing powers. A visit to a boma allowed us to see first hand parts of their daily lives as well as some of their traditions.
We also took the Form 1 girls on a trip to Taranguire National Park. This is the only trip the students go on during their time at school. We saw much wildlife both on this trip and the other trip we made to the Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara
Slideshow of June Programme 2005
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Slideshow of the Boma Visit2005
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Visit to Taranguire National Park and on Safari
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