On safari in Kenya at Lewa,
we looked at animals of all varieties, schools and a clinic all supported by Lewa Wildlife Conservancy http://www.lewa.org
we looked at animals of all varieties, schools and a clinic all supported by Lewa Wildlife Conservancy http://www.lewa.org
We stayed at the Lewa Wilderness Lodge
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Whether out in a private car with a Masai guide
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game is abundant 
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| http://www.lewa.org/wildlife-conservation/rhinos-on-lewa/ |
The guides are amazing and find every animal you could wish for. Rhino, black and white, elephant, water buffalo, giraffe, 2 species of zebra, wart hogs, lion, leopard, and we even saw a wild dog kill an impala!
This is Borana Lodge also within the preserve.
There is a medical clinic funded by Lewa ...
http://www.lewa.org/stay-connected/news-on-lewa/single/browse/3/article/community-health-campaigns-at-kilimani-primary-school-promise-new-avenues-of-partnership/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=75&cHash=a0e20e4828905ec58234f5b6f42241fe
There are various schools supported by Lewa
Khadija Omar Rama who founded the Tumaini Education Trust
The school was set up to help these most disadvantaged of children live successful lives and develop the skills to look after their families
The school is run by Khadija Omar Rama who is the Founder and Director of the “Pepo la Tumaini Jangwani” organization, the community organization behind the school. She started PLTJ in 1994 to help people with AIDS who had been abandoned by their families. It has gown to serve more than 7,000 families in the area. In 2005 Khadija was nominated by the UN for Woman of the Year.
The school is funded through the Tumaini Educational Trust which is a registered charity in the UK and a charitable organization in Switzerland.
The school is a boarding school: a safe and caring, environment where the students can concentrate wholly on themselves and their studies.
Left to right, Maria Heuze, Jane Newman, Khadija Omar, Sarafina Khantaria, Joe Dryer, Emma and William Craig and Mary Ann Dryer
The Tumaini Education Trust board enjoyed its annual visit to the programme last November where the team met to review the school’s progress and plan for 2013.
The school continues to improve each year achieving improved marks and excelling in vocational performance. Thanks to all the efforts of our supporters and staff team Tumaini Senior School has developed to be a unique role model for child centred institutions in Kenya, still remaining the only primary school to provide both academic and vocational training to children heading households.The school’s greatest success has been the rehabilitation component which includes both health and pyscho – social support to children who have suffered abuse, trauma and addiction. It is easy to miss as a visitor just how much of journey our children have made to reach where they are today, to being the bright and confident stars that perform and present themselves with such grace and humility. As the school programme continues to promote the girl child in academics and improve the mean score in maths and physics to more than 50%, the team hopes to be able to raise more funds to ensure the security of the gem that is Tumaini Senior School.
Running for love Lewa fundraiser marathon@lewa.org.
The course is a 21km loop run on dirt roads over an undulating route through the conservancy. The full marathon is run over two loops of the course and the half marathon over one loop. The course lies at an average altitude of 5,500 ft. Emergency medical support will be provided by AMREF, the flying doctors. A helicopter is on standby to carry out emergency medical evacuations from the course. A recovery tent is situated at the finish and will manned by medics from the Nairobi Equator Hospital, Red Cross and Nanyuki Cottage Hospital. Basic first aid is available at all water stations which are situated every 2.5km along the course.
http://www.lewa.org/support-lewa/safaricom-marathon/
By Emily Dryer on 27 May 2012
In recent years I have been increasingly involved with supporting a school in Northern Kenya, specifically for HIV affected children – The Tumaini Education Trust.
On June 30th I will be running the Safaricom marathon at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Northern Kenya. As well as fundraising for Tumaini I will also be running for ‘Tusk Trust’, which supports a range of community and wildlife conservation projects.
Having run the marathon in 2010 and surprised myself (and everyone else) by coming 14th the pressure is really on this time to match that achievement! Its no easy feat - running on the equator at 5000 feet above sea level. Physically exhausted when I finished the race last time, I swore blind I would never do it again. However, the need to help the students of Tumaini has inspired me once more.
Tumaini Education Trust, is a community and charity that holds a very special place in my heart. I visit the school on a regular basis, and it is extremely important to all of us involved to be able to help the children as much as possible. Over the last few years, the school’s expansion has been incredible, both in the increase in students and quality of facilities. It would mean the world to me to continue this growth.
To donate go to Just Giving.
There are a number of schools supported by Lewa
http://www.lewa.org/stay-connected/news-on-lewa/single/article/lewa-sponsored-girl-triumphs-in-nationwide-exams-despite-adversity/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=75&cHash=98445f80978963abc7f58dde13459ea1
The headmaster of one of the schools
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Notes
book through
Mouse McConnell - Robin Hurt Safaris, P.O. Box 24988, Karen 00502, Nairobi, Kenya
Office Tel: (25420) 3882826 / 3884068, (254733) 333493 - Mobile (254722) 281055
http://www.lewa.org/all-about-lewa/lewa-history/
http://www.lewa.org/stay-connected/news-on-lewa/single/browse/7/article/halting-poaching-in-northern-kenya-a-special-report-to-our-supporters/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=75&cHash=9c1841265679f9fff17e60336d8dfaec
Tumaini Education Trust
The Priory, Church Road
Great Milton , OXON OX44 7PB
Telephone:
+44 20 7193 4482
You can buy a safaricom dongle to be on internet to have your own telephone
Fly safarilink, yellowwings or tropicair from Wilson to Lewa Downs
Encourage everyone to give through Lewa USA!!! We need support desperately. The elephant poaching is sooo awful and whole herds are breaking up because of the psychological effects when matriarchs are killed for their tusks. We must raise money so we can combat this dreadful problem. So please encourage everyone you meet to make huge contributions immediately!! I am really worried that the elies will be gone in no time.
http://www.lewa.org/support-lewa/lewa-overseas/
it is where Will and Kate got engaged!!
