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The project work was relatively easy to set up, given the village history of the KNP Kidia gate closure. Meetings with the local church, the women's group as well as the Kidia Village Primary and secondary school teaching staff, unearthed a wealth of information and need. Close interaction with the local community and the Kidia Primary School students is totally unavoidable given the camps central location in the village! You will be able to experience first hand the effects that your work and effort have, not only on the primary school and its students but also on the community as a whole.

Our first volunteer team into this area is currently working on the following projects:

1) Kidia Primary School rehabilitation, creating training info boards for the classrooms, painting the exterior school wall with education images (map of TZ, the world, human anatomy etc), teaching English to Tanzanian school students, repairing old and making new desks, repairing the building foundations with concrete and funds pending, a brand new school canteen.

2) Working with the local women's group to produce indigenous and cash crop (eucalyptus) tree seedlings that are distributed to local homes and planted free of charge by volunteers and community members.

3) As part of our very important cultural interaction programme, small groups of volunteers (4 to a team) are helping local families and women complete every day chores including, farming, collecting local produce including bananas, maize, coffee, potatoes, onions, mangoes, fodder for live stock, water and firewood.

4) Rehabilitation of the primary school drinking water system including a clean concrete area for water run off and a water tank.

Its only 4 points at the moment and rising but it is a hell of a lot of work... Our combined African management team as well as the first 20 volunteers are now in the process of establishing where Camps International can best provide on going support for the community and local kids. Stand by for the project reports on the Project Diary coming shortly courtesy of Francis our African product manager, and individual volunteers.

As with all of our projects we expect you to give 100% effort to the project work and be prepared to get your hands dirty with ALL that is put in front of you, from mixing cement to planting trees. You will be integrated into a teaching rota and the rewards of standing in front of a class of young African children are immeasurable.