in Endulen village, in Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region.
The
move will provide basic formal education to the children and recruit them in
the modern world and get freedom from continued cattle raring activities.
The
school will start in January (2014), explained Zainab Ansell, ZARA Tours
Managing Director company.
The
pre-school has been constructed with funds from Zara Tanzania Charity, Zara
Tours, Africa Safari and the Reinhold Beitlich Stiftung Foundation.
She
said: “Once open, the school will not only provide education for pupils.
It will also act as a home for them as it will feature a dormitory.
“The pupils will be provided with clothes, as well as entertainment and health
services.”
According
to Ansell the ultimate goal is to provide Maasai children with the opportunity
to attend preschool where “they will hopefully learn a life-long love of
education, gain early exposure to a classroom and begin cultivating
skills. “Ideally, the pupils will learn both Kiswahili and English while
becoming better prepared for their primary school education.
“The hope is
that having the opportunity to attend preschool will not only aid pupils with
their future educational efforts, but also encourage them to stay in school
longer; simultaneously.
The hope is that the
early education of the children will also encourage community and parental
support for formal education later on, she explained.
According to
Ansell the company would be contributing 20 per cent of the total cost of the
school and “is proud to be working with partners to bring the Maasai pre-school
to the community.”
Zara Tanzania
Adventures (Zara Tours), founded in 1987, is currently one of the leading Mt
Kilimanjaro outfitters in Tanzania and the largest safari operators in the
country.
Zara Tours owns and
operates two hotels and three tented camps, has 88 safari and climbing expert
guides who speak English, German and Spanish.
It also has a fleet
of fully-equipped vehicles that take tourists on safari adventures or trek up
Mt Kilimanjaro.
SOURCE: GUARDIAN ON
SUNDAY
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