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Barn raising: Everyone helping out at the farm |
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Chirs, Ellen, Amy, Matt B., Michelle and Caroline |
This summer was as usual a busy time, and we were fortunate to have talented and enthusiastic volunteers to help out. Old friends, new friends and family joined us in working with many of our key projects. We are really grateful for their help. We were able to do fun projects with the children which would otherwise not be possible and we supported their education through library projects, curriculum development and teacher training.
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Michelle,Brennan and friends |
Some of these kind people we have mentioned in past BLOGS. Erika Nunlist made masks with the children at Kyanyawara school; Harvard student Brennan Vail compared the energy output of children from schools which provided lunch through the Kasiisi Porridge Project and those at schools who did not and her colleague Michelle Sirois worked on a special environmental and literacy project with over 60 children who wrote and illustrated stories about animals and the environment. She also helped Nurse Lucy develop a new health curriculum.
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Ellen and colleagues at Kyanyawara |
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Comprehending rules with Chris |
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Help with a computer lesson and the loan of a hat! |
Educators Chris Affleck and Ellen Sarkisian collaborated with colleagues at Kyanyawara Primary School to share methods of teaching reading comprehension and UK high school graduates Ivor Green, Chris Bowie, Karl Okunubi and Michael Chan filled in time before going up to University by helping out on a wide range of programs – conservation, sports, libraries, computers and after school remedial studies.
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Rob, Matt and farm manager Joseph |
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Nancy and Gary painting blackboards |
Mathew Parker and Rob Mawson, recent UK architect graduates generously contributed their expertise and knowledge and designed a master plan for the new Kasiisi Project Farm. Rob and Matt also got their hands dirty – building a chicken house, latrine, planting trees and much more
Old friend and US doctor Nancy Merrick visited the Kasiisi Project with her husband Gary and children, Kate and Bryan. They painted school blackboards and consulted on our health, farm and nutrition programs. Nancy, who who studied chimpanzees Tanzania with Jane Goodall (and Kasiisi Project Board member Richard Wrangham), is active with her family in the Jane Godall Institute Roots and Shoots program in the US, a great resource for our own Roots and Shoots clubs..
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John and Barbara help with the water project at Kiko |
Susan Donovan helped Michelle Sirois with her story project and John Donovan and Barbara Belcher-Timme got muddy and wet with the children of Kiko schools as they collected and analysed water for our water project.
And it was not all work – Kasiisi Project scholar and summer volunteer Tusiime Patrick got a swimming lesson.
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Tusiime Patrick learns to swim with help from Ronan Donovan |
A special thank you to ALL the 2011 volunteers. We truly appreciated your generosity and support.