Kazinga Kidz

October 28, 2011 · Filed under General

 

The day I took a boat to work. I did wake up in a sweat thinking that they intended to send me across the croc-infested channel in a dugout fishing canoe, but I was saved by Mweya Lodge's luxury cruiser

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Here's where we were going- one of the primary schools in Kazinga fishing village, inside the national park. You can see they have 2 classroom blocks, but one had the roof blow off! Still, not a bad spot for lots of recess, yeah?

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Who needs a roof to go to school? Well, rainy season is tricky...but these kids were still all smiles. Probably because all of their parents travel to the school at mid-day to bring them their lunch. No brown-baggin' it around here!

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"Baby Class"- the kids too young for school but too old to be wasted by idleness in the village. Very precious little people.

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Kids are kids!

Mweya Safari Lodge, one of the highest luxury lodges around, and the only one inside Queen Elizabeth National Park, is doing a Corporate Responsibility Project by charging each guest $1 per stay to go toward this primary school in Kazinga fishing village, near to the lodge.  Hopefully, within 6 months, we will have raised enough to build an extra school block, replace the roof on the other block, bring fresh water to the school (drinking and handwashing), and input wildlife/conservation education into the school curriculum.  I’m just helping facilitate the project by easing communication between the lodge and the community– they’re all doing an incredible job so far!