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On Monday 14 November, Mrs Barlow a P4 teacher from Law
Primary School came to visit the Pupil Council and tell us all
about an orphanage in Arusha, Tanzania ‘Jane Olevolo’s
Orphans’ where her daughter Katie (18) is volunteering.
Mrs Gray’s daughter Ellen (17) is in contact with Katie and
this brought the orphans to our attention. We decided we
wanted to find out more and to help in any small way that we
would.
There are 17 orphans in total, the boys are Joshua (3),
Daniel (6), Elisha (7), Elia (8), Onesmo (8), ………….(2), John
(12), Lucas (15), Derrick (15) and Baraka (17). The girls are
Monica (2), Maureen (5), Happiness (10), Evaline (14), Maria
(14), Rahely (16) and Sarah (16). The children are mostly
from the Masai tribe and speak Swahili and are learning
English too as the lessons in school are in English. Katie
hleps to look after the children and to teach them English
and Maths. She walks with the children to school which is a
3 hour round trip! There is no running water and no
electricity at night and Katie is allowed one bucket of water
per day to keep herself clean and wash her clothes by hand.
S:\Admin\Pupil Council\Tanzania Project Info.doc
The children are very eager to learn but have very few
resources indeed. The pupil council and Mrs Gray talked
about this and decided to ask for help. We thought we
could:
Ask for any old clothes – particularly for the girls as
they wear mostly boys clothes.
Bring in any unwanted books – particularly toddler
picture/story books which are easy to read.
Bring in any paper/pens/pencils as the orphans love to
draw and write.
Mrs Barlow will be visiting the orphanage during the
Christmas holidays and is happy to take any donations with
her.
Thank you.
Pupil Council & Mrs Gray
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