Arusha Children's Trust

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ImageRetired head teacher David Smart from Elie, Scotland, made this rocking horse for the kindergarten.

 
Earthdance 2006 Festival for Peace
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Janeth Lootha and Elias Samson beside the ACT stand
On Saturday September 16th over six hundred people attended the Earthdance Global Festival for Peace held at Masai Camp, Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa.

During the day visitors were able to listen to music, watch cultural dance troupes, browse around stalls selling arts and crafts, and enjoy the ambience of the venue. At night the music stage was transformed with clever lighting and imaginative decoration to host several local bands each with its own eclectic sound and recorded music played by different DJs.

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We Love Our New Classroom

New ClassroomThe four and five year olds at Olmuringiringa Community Centre kindergarten are enjoying their bright new classroom which was finished in May 2007 thanks to fundraising in Arusha (last year's Earthdance) and in America by Brittany Stephen and friends.

The furniture was provided by Dutch fundraisers Claudia van Westen and Jannemiek de Jong.

 
Nainokanoka and Bulati primary schools

 

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Bulati primary school pupils enjoy a game of netball

In 2005, Bob and Mary Gray visited the Ngorongoro and Olmoti Crater areas of northern Tanzania and were able to briefly visit the Nainokanoka and Bulati primary schools.

They were particularly impressed by the friendliness and enthusiasm of the pupils and teachers and the lack of teaching and recreational resources compared with even the poorest schools in their home country, New Zealand.

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