by Admin | Jan 27, 2020 | Project Evaluation Trip - Kenya and Tanzania - Jan 10 -Feb 4
We set out by boat to the town of Mkowe to visit the Lamu Special Needs school. It is an inspiring and emotional place to visit. The Bontje family has been the major financial supporters of this project. Gord and Mr. Omar, chair of the school, chat as we travel to...
by Admin | Jan 26, 2020 | Project Evaluation Trip - Kenya and Tanzania - Jan 10 -Feb 4
Today we explored the island a bit and visited some friends in the area. Gord started in the morning with a tour of Lamu Town. After lunch the highlight was sailing on a Dhow to the Takwa Ruins. The original site of the people that came from Oman in the...
by Admin | Jan 26, 2020 | Project Evaluation Trip - Kenya and Tanzania - Jan 10 -Feb 4
We left Nakuru early in the morning to visit Gilgil School. This school’s construction was a gift from Gord Bontje to mark his 60th birthday. A typical visit to a school involves a review of past projects, future needs, enrollment stats, national exam results of the...
by Admin | Jan 24, 2020 | Project Evaluation Trip - Kenya and Tanzania - Jan 10 -Feb 4
We spent our entire day in schools. Evaluating new school projects, inspecting projects in progress and reviewing completed projects. Our first stop was at Koige Primary School which we plan to develop over the next several years. We looked at the needs of this...
by Admin | Jan 23, 2020 | Project Evaluation Trip - Kenya and Tanzania - Jan 10 -Feb 4
We did more visiting and seeing projects before our 4 hour drive to the Kilimanjaro airport. We visited schools that need assistance. Parents do what they can and then we partner with them. Parents have taken more than 5 years to get these classrooms to this stage....
by Admin | Jan 22, 2020 | Project Evaluation Trip - Kenya and Tanzania - Jan 10 -Feb 4
Our day again today was very long. The rain didn’t help. We were not able to visit some of the schools on mountain roads. We met with the District Director for Secondary Education today and learned that there are 11,000 students in the district. The government is...
