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Monday, 16 July 2007 12:25 |
Dear Friends of Irente Rainbow School,
As we closed our school for four weeks of vacation, I want to send you many warm greetings on behalf of all our pupils and our staff.
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 Athumani, pupil in Class 1 at IRS |
| The first half of the school year is already over. Time seems to fly.
We made it through the quite unpleasant rainy season with its muddy
roads and running noses. Now the sun is out again but the cold season
is here, so sweaters and socks are needed when sitting in the
classrooms or offices. |
On 30th of May, the Minister for Community Development, Gender and
Children, Hon. Sofia Simba did a short visit at the Rainbow School. She
was given a short introduction and a tour through the school and then
the children had the chance to sing some songs for her. The Minister
was very impressed by our work and congratulated the pupils and the
staff.
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 Minister Sofia Simba greeting the pupils at IRS |
From 4th to 8th of June we went to Moshi with six of our pupils and
some parents. We stayed at the CCBRT Centre (Comprehensive Community
Based Rehabilitation Tanzania), an organization that is financed by the
Christophel Blind Mission. They invite disabled children and their
parents to an Intensive Rehabilitation Week. Our main reason to go
there with our pupils was to be able to meet with specialist doctors at
KCMC, one of the biggest hospitals in the country. We are glad that all
our six pupils got the needed medical check-ups, although even at KCMC
available services are limited.
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 Pupil Hawa doing some exercise at CBR in Moshi
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Another problem that we face is the costs of medical treatment or
medical devises like casts or seeing aides are often too high to be
covered by the parents. For example needs nine-year-old Ibrahim a new
cast for his leg because the old one is too small and the costs of TSH
150,000 (about US$120) are unbearable for the father who shows a lot of
efforts for his son but only works as a casual labourer.
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| The last school week was used to clean up the school and taking out
fish from our school pond that – of course – were eaten the next day
for lunch. |
On the last school day, we had a small party to say farewell to one
another and especially to Angela Stone-MacDonald, a PhD-Student in
Special Needs Education from the University of Indiana, USA, who
visited us for six weeks and intends to come back to Rainbow School for
her research for a full year in 2008.
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| On 16th on July we expect to open the Rainbow School and all our pupils and staff will be happy to be together again. |
Many warm greetings from Irente,
Caroline Bidmon
School Coordinator
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Last Updated ( Monday, 16 July 2007 12:31 )
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