Sayin farewell: Brian Wind, Evarist Momburi, Judy Rimmer and Marie Taylor
At the last committee meeting we had two very special visitors: Evarist Momburi, who is the Project Officer of the UNCODET committee (the Uru half of BTT), and Marie Taylor, the teacher coordinating the link between Sweyne Park and Kisarika schools. It was great to have their direct input and to hear how things are progressing.
Evarist gave us the following update on the projects:
The memorial plaque for Kate Spiller, who was head of Sweyne Park School, is now in place in Kisarika school. As Evarist said, “UNCODET will treasure Kate’s love and contribution for the growth of the school, and the link between the two schools.”
(i) The construction of the Nurses’ House at the Rononi Dispensary has started but unusually heavy rains and the subsequent state of the roads have caused problems and delays. UNCODET hope for completion by the end of October.
ii) The construction of the Head’s House at Kisarika was in its last stages. A supplementary budget had been agreed and further money sent in July. Its completion would mean that Mr. Macha, the Head teacher, could move in and the Deputy Head could move back into the original house.
(iii) The Government has provided some money which can be used for any fittings and furniture still required for the labs at Kisarika.
(iv) UNCODET was still awaiting delivery of the equipment for the Mrawi Dispensary and the provision of staff. UNCODET Members were in discussion with Moshi District Council about this serious delay.
The BTT committee have allotted the rest of our current funds to:
Mrawi primary school for the construction of a dining hall annex with small kitchen. This is planned to start in Jan 2009; when complete, all primary schools in Uru North will be able to provide covered accommodation for pupils to eat their vital midday meal.
New Project Proposals that we wish to support
(i) Msiriwa Secondary - Construction of one more Classroom to accommodate the new intake. The cost will be shared between Moshi District Council, the Community and BTT. The request for our share would be about £4,080 depending on the exchange rate. It was hoped to start this by mid July 2008 to try and meet the deadline for student selection in mid December 2008, but unfortunately we do not have the funds yet.
(ii) Kisarika Secondary - Construction of two Classrooms for Form 5 & 6.
Courses would start in 2009, if classrooms were finished in time, offering local opportunities for A-level for those who complete O-level studies successfully. We would like to support this and our share would be about £7843. We were delighted that Marie Taylor could promise that Sweyne Park, Kisarika’s link school, would fund raise for this project.
Nurses House at Njari Dispensary - Full amount of money requested was sent and received Jan/Feb 2008 and 2 possible sites have been levelled in readiness. Tsh 12,243,619.5/- (Approximately £5502) The photograph shows one of the two possible sites identified at the dispensary.