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This summer we have a small team going out to Tanzania and we are focussing on two main strands – both of which have been identified as greatly needed by the people with whom we work - and the communities in which we work.

 

Strand 1.  As well as our work in  communities, we will be delivering Health education and emergency 1st aid training for Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru mountain guides, and Safari Guides who work all over East Africa. The work with the mountain and safari guides focuses on health awareness specific to their working roles and situations and includes Emergency 1st Aid and CPR training through a certificated Heart Start course. Not only will this knowledge help save the lives of Tanzanian Guides and mountain Porters and their Clients and guests, it also has potential to save lives in the wider community.

 

This work is ground breaking – the mountain and safari guides we will be working with have never had any health education or first aid training. Our hope is to make this a sustainable rolling programme for years to come.

 

Strand 2. We will be working alongside Nursery Teachers who run Faraja Nursery. Faraja means ‘consolation’ and the nursery was started last year to meet the needs of local orphans and children from very poor families. These families, because of the circumstances in which they live, have until now, been unable to access early years’ education for their children. Faraja nursery teachers rent a tiny room – enough for 20 children to sit on the floor. They have absolutely no resources apart from a blackboard and chalk. They have no books, no paper, no pencils, no chairs, no desks, no toys. What the teachers and the children do have is a willingness to teach and learn, much love - and hope for a better, brighter future.