Greetings to all Kitenden Preschool Class Sponsors. Deborah ,and I visited the Preschool on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th. It was an amazing and at times emotional experience. Deb was overwhelmed by the transformation of the school since she was there 2 years ago. We were greeted by the children, their parents, village elders and the staff. There are now 52 children at the school – 29 girls and 23 boys and you will see from the photos They have a uniform – so cute – which is in the Tanzanian national colours. They all look very healthy – they have liquid porridge for breakfast and rice with vegetables for lunch. Their smiles are just so captivating. Kitenden is actually the name of an area – say like Table Top – and the children walk to school and home. Some of them walk as fair as 6/7 Kms so not surprisingly they are often late. As they are only 3/4/5 years of age they need to be escorted. They all bring a piece of wood for the kitchen fire – some so big they drag it! We camped overnight in the school grounds and on Tuesday morning we were with the children in class. They start with Assembly outside the classrooms – say prayers with their little heads bowed, sing the National  Anthem and then sing Swahilli songs – very loudly- as this keeps their interest and helps retention. They are also taught English with many of there teaching posters in English as are all the numeracy posters. The classrooms now have the Australian Flag and our Rotary Pennant hanging up. We all should be very pleased and happy – the contribution we are giving is making a huge difference for the future of the children. Thank you all  …..   Deb and Howard