Friday I went over to Tumona to see the new science classroom and to inventory the science supplies. Friends of Foot2Afrika donated money towards the completion of the classroom, and a lot of progress has been made, but it is not at all ready for use. However, Lukumay, the headmaster, assures me that it will be ready by next Wednesday when we start the first of two teacher workshops.
The school already possesses a fair amount of glassware and a lot of laboratory stands, and even some chemicals. We made a list of things we still needed and headed to town to buy supplies. Moshi doesn’t seem like a promising place to buy science lab equipment, being a rather unimposing, dusty town, but tucked away are several shops selling chemicals and lab supplies and we were able to buy everything we needed. Monday we will go over and start setting up for the workshop, although the room undoubtedly will not be ready. But I can start mixing solutions and organizing the equipment and chemicals.
Today Johnson (the founder and project coordinator at Foot2Afrika – Tanzania) took a group of volunteers up to Karamba, a Maasai village near Lake Jipe, almost in Kenya. It’s very remote, with very little contact with the outside world. Foot2Afrika works with the village on a variety of projects including medicine, food and water. The only available water is a muddy cow pond, and in the dry season even that dries up and the residents must walk a long distance to get water. Last year Foot2Afrika supplied water filters, and the goal is to have a well drilled.
Our group brought food supplies – rice, flour, sugar, soap and cooling oil. We distributed these supplies at two bomas. At the end, the villagers presented us with a goat (alive). We brought it back alive, and its present whereabouts are unknown to me, but I suspect we will see it for dinner tomorrow.
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