Sinai Kindergarten

The kindergarten at the Sinai Primary school was housed in classroom 1. The first classroom to be built at the school was built without lintel because it was only intended to support the weight of a thatched roof. When a corrugated sheet roof replaced the thatch, the weight caused the walls to crack. The small overhang of the roof caused the rainwater runoff to fall too close to the building’s foundations which then started to erode. But with nowhere else to go, the teachers and students had no choice but to ignore the pending doom.

In the summer of 2010 the Livingstone Tanzania Trust took action and knocked it down before it fell down and after reinforcing the foundations we rebuilt the classroom with two lintels for added support under a new corrugated iron roof. At last the young people had a safe classroom. It might not be lovely but it was safe.

 

Then in February/March 2011 we transformed this dark little classroom into the finest kindergarten classroom in the whole Manyara region with new tables and benches, an interactive notice board, text books, building blocks and other early learning toys. A classroom that the Government schools Inspector from Dodoma in October 2011 called it a “Model Kindergarten and a must see for all visiting dignitaries”. The Regional Commissioner called our tables “inspirational”.

 

With this as the foundation of their learning we hope that in 8 years time we see the impact of this move.