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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.

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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