Leadership and Community Engagement in Tanzania

We will walk a short distance to Mbokomu School where the team is given a briefing on daily school life and an overview of the ongoing projects. This is an opportunity to play some games with the local children and make friends. The school constantly struggles with a lack of adequate funding, which puts children's lives at unnecessary risk from dilapidated classrooms that are close to collapse, as well as poor or non-existent sanitary conditions. You'll help by building or renovating school buildings to create inspirational and stimulating learning resources for the students.

Following on from the project briefing, the group starts by thinking deeply about their goals for the week; in a framed, student led discussion forum. In Camp Moray we are working on projects concerned both with education and nutrition, and those two areas are naturally linked. Those projects have been identified through dialogue with the community and the local authorities and are considered vital for the future of these remote mountain communities. Through an understanding of the process of dialogue, the development of ideas and the aims that we have, the group can identify their own goals, plan for those and then work towards their own objectives.

We continue our service project at Mbokomu school and while working together with the locals, students will be shown traditional building methods and have an opportunity to learn and practice Swahili. In addition to our school improvement work, we will work together with local pupils planting indigenous trees within the school grounds. This project focuses on the effects of climate change and soil erosion within the immediate area.e

A student focused discussion of Leadership, its challenges, models and aims. The students will be asked to think about these issues particularly in the context of their current environment and activities. What has worked, what hasn't? Are we on schedule for our own aims? How could we do things differently?

We continue our service project at Mbokomu school and while working together with the locals, students will be shown traditional building methods and have an opportunity to learn and practice Swahili. In addition to our school improvement work, we will work together with local pupils planting indigenous trees within the school grounds. This project focuses on the effects of climate change and soil erosion within the immediate area.e

Your evenings are usually spent relaxing in camp and the local kitchen crew will rustle up a delicious dinner for you and your team. After dinner there are plenty of opportunities for group discussion, reflections on project work, keeping travel diaries up to date, as well as various team led games and activities. Local staff are always in camp and are on hand to chat to and help you with anything else that you need.

We continue our service project at Mbokomu school and while working together with the locals, students will be shown traditional building methods and have an opportunity to learn and practice Swahili. In addition to our school improvement work, we will work together with local pupils planting indigenous trees within the school grounds. This project focuses on the effects of climate change and soil erosion within the immediate area.e

Camp offers interactive lectures on topics like stakeholder engagement, citizen science, and biodiversity. Schools can choose the subjects most relevant to their group, ensuring each session connects directly to student interests and learning goals.

We continue our service project at Mbokomu school and while working together with the locals, students will be shown traditional building methods and have an opportunity to learn and practice Swahili. In addition to our school improvement work, we will work together with local pupils planting indigenous trees within the school grounds. This project focuses on the effects of climate change and soil erosion within the immediate area.e

Your evenings are usually spent relaxing in camp and the local kitchen crew will rustle up a delicious dinner for you and your team. After dinner there are plenty of opportunities for group discussion, reflections on project work, keeping travel diaries up to date, as well as various team led games and activities. Local staff are always in camp and are on hand to chat to and help you with anything else that you need.

We continue our service project at Mbokomu school and while working together with the locals, students will be shown traditional building methods and have an opportunity to learn and practice Swahili. In addition to our school improvement work, we will work together with local pupils planting indigenous trees within the school grounds. This project focuses on the effects of climate change and soil erosion within the immediate area.e

Your evenings are usually spent relaxing in camp and the local kitchen crew will rustle up a delicious dinner for you and your team. After dinner there are plenty of opportunities for group discussion, reflections on project work, keeping travel diaries up to date, as well as various team led games and activities. Local staff are always in camp and are on hand to chat to and help you with anything else that you need.

We continue our service project at Mbokomu school and while working together with the locals, students will be shown traditional building methods and have an opportunity to learn and practice Swahili. In addition to our school improvement work, we will work together with local pupils planting indigenous trees within the school grounds. This project focuses on the effects of climate change and soil erosion within the immediate area.e

Your evenings are usually spent relaxing in camp and the local kitchen crew will rustle up a delicious dinner for you and your team. After dinner there are plenty of opportunities for group discussion, reflections on project work, keeping travel diaries up to date, as well as various team led games and activities. Local staff are always in camp and are on hand to chat to and help you with anything else that you need.

On your final day there will be a gathering whereby your group can handover the work you have done to students and teachers. There will be a proud moment of reflection as you look at what you have achieved and the positive impact you have made.

Visit the town of Moshi. It's known as a gateway to Kilimanjaro National Park, home to Africa's highest mountain. Moshi is a laid-back, colorful, and vibrant town and a great place to immerse yourself in the local culture. You can learn about how Tanzanians set up small businesses to generate income and, if you wish, you have the opportunity to buy souvenirs and support some of the local initiatives.

Today the team are driven to the Kwamambori Waterfalls for a morning walk through the valley and to the falls, which are rooted in local mythology.

We visit Kidia village where we learn to cook traditional foods with a local women's group before enjoying a BBQ "al fresco" in the foothills of Mt Kilimanjaro.

Tarangire National Park is located approximately 2 hours' drive away and the team departs early from camp following the saddle of Kilimanjaro to Mount Meru. Tarangire National Park is one of the most beautiful reserves in Africa and is home to an abundance of wildlife including leopard and hyena. It is a must visit! This is an exciting day dedicated to game drives.

This evening, students make their final entries in their Reflection Journals, sharing key observations and perspectives gained throughout their travel experience and considering how these insights will remain relevant as they return home.

Throughout the program, we will set time aside time for discussion, guided reflection, and time to write reflections on self-discovery and what we have learned. "We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience" - John Dewey