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Hello and Good-Bye to Laura!
Our star coach has now left Umoja, after spending over 2 months with us. Not all her time was spent on the football pitch, Laura also taught Spoken English, focusing on debates - which our students love. Particularly with such topics as “Should Foreign Aid Come with Conditions”.
The administration team here also learnt very quickly that Laura was a bit of an IT genius - so she instantly became Miss Fix-it, solving all our IT problems. Because of her strong IT skills Laura was given the task of developing the new CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system which manages our Sponsorship and Outplacement information.
Thank you Laura, we miss you (and your IT know how!)
UK Volunteer Farewell
In August, Esme Butterworth from the UK came to help out at Umoja. Esme’s position was Sponsorship Co-ordinator, and she worked hard updating and improving our sponsorship system.
She also taught maths to those students wishing to return to secondary school (and with great success as they all passed their exam!!). Esme is studying International Development at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. Thank you Esme and we miss you!
Julliard School Arts Camp
The Umoja Centre’s third annual Juilliard School Arts Camp reached its climax this Saturday with great success! Since 2009, The Umoja centre has hosted students from the world-renowned Juilliard School of Dance, Drama and Music as they lead our students in a two-week Arts programme culminating in a spectacular performance and grand raffle at a local venue.
This year’s seven Juilliard students have taken our students under their wing to provide them with this innovative, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore and showcase an entirely fresh range of skills in performance. They have spent an exciting two weeks introducing our students to a vast quantity of new concepts and worked with them in creating several acts including songs, dances and drama routines for their performance at Arusha’s Via Via Cultural Café.
The students have truly enjoyed each day of the Arts Camp, learning from their excellent mentors and working hard to make their show the success that it was. The programme was received with great applause by the 179 people who attended and the grand raffle, with prizes donated by local businesses raised 2,665,000TZS for The Umoja Centre.
From all of us here at Umoja, and especially the students, Thank You Juilliard!
May 2011
On Saturday 7th May a group of African safari animals trekked across central London from Kew Bridge to London Bridge, a total of 18 miles, to raise money for Land Fund.
They had fantastic support for their walk and raised £1,664! Thank you to everyone who sponsored them especially Moshi Monsters, Terry Cole and Paper Round.
March 2011
Jillian Wilks held a fundraising dinner for Umoja, raising a wonderful $4400. This money is going towards 'Lunches for Learning' which will provide nutritious meals for our students. She and her team of friends also raised an additional $2000 for Umoja's Land Fund.
Thank you Jillian, Fred and Friends!
