Robert V. Lange

 

Twende! 

We have begun educational programming at Cypress Hill Institute, our beautiful new campus. In addition, we are deep into the planning of our first enterprises where Maasai women will have good opportunities for learning management skills and earning much needed money.

Workshop for science teachers at Cypress Hill

The Project recently held a two-day workshop on science teaching with 30 secondary school physics teachers. 

We addressed the need to keep students engaged as active learners. At the same time we empathize with the teachers in their understandable but sometimes paralyzing concern about how their students will perform on national exams, which is outside of their control.

Cypress Hill hallway

Managing local government is always a challenge, with so many needs and limited resources. The Project saw that offering a venue for training and problem sharing between village leaders would mean a lot to the District.

 The District accepted our offer of meeting space at the Cypress Hill campus, and a portion of funds needed to mount the event. The District government held a four-day training with chairpeople and executive officers from the 62 villages of Monduli district. It was a resounding success.

Cypress Hill is off to a great start. We appreciate the hard work of those involved, and our generous donors.  Check back often to learn of our progress with courses and women's income-generating activities.