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Mkasanga Village Community
Remote Africa Safaris works closely with the local village community to improve their educational and medical facilities.
Donations from our guests and tour operators have resulted in the formation of The Tafika Fund which has assisted The Mkasanga School in various ways: |
- Payment of 4 teachers’ salaries and the supply of monthly meilie meal for the teachers
- Addition of 2 high school grades to the original primary school
- 5 sewing machines and needlework materials
- Over 2500 children’s library books and readers
- School supplies such as paper/pens/pencils/text books and other educational materials such as magnifying glasses, magnets, footballs etc
- Creation of a Conservation Club at the school
- Game drives for pupils and staff
- Borehole and pump for water supplies to the school
- Solar lighting for 2 classrooms for evening homework
- Teachers Training Course to inspire and encourage the teachers
- Renovation and upgrade of the school facilities
- There are many students with the dream of finishing High School. If you are interested in sponsoring a child or are in a position to assist the fund in any way, please contact us. |
PLEASE DO NOT POST us parcels for the school as this incurs huge duty and tax liabilities which we cannot afford.
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However, guests wishing to bring something in their luggage to assist the school might find the following list of suggestions helpful:
Deflated footballs/netballs
Educational posters and maps for the classroom walls
Rain and temperature gauges for recording the weather
Skipping ropes / Tennis balls / Volleyball net
Dice and blocks to use in mathematics classes
Coloured pens, pencils and crayons
Medical supplies – ointments, eye drops, antibiotics, bandages, plasters etc |
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Scholorship Programme
Mkasanga, the village closest to Tafika and Chikoko Walking Trails, is an area of subsistence farmers. Most children cannot afford to complete their education. In addition, the number of AIDS orphans grows daily, increasing the load on relatives caring for the children.
Mkasanga School provides education at very low cost, but the pupils require 3 further years of high school to complete their schooling at nearby boarding schools. For many years, the Tafika Fund, operated by the management of Remote Africa Safaris, has offered a full educational scholarship to the top 3 students graduating from Mkasanga School. As new sponsors are found these numbers grow; more than 26 pupils are currently assisted in our scholarship program. If you are interested in sponsoring a child please contact us.
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Outpatient Clinic
The people of Mkasanga Village, the local health authority and the Tafika Fund combined efforts to build an outpatient clinic in Mkasanga.
Mr. Harah, the Medical Officer appointed by the health authority, opened the clinic March 2006. He was carried lock, stock and barrel from his home 110 kilometers away by 8 bicycles, which were sent by village headmen to collect him since the roads were still inaccessible to cars due to the rains.
It is wonderful for the village to have medical assistance close at hand after so many years of relying on the limited medical knowledge at Tafika. We are planning on extending the facilities to include inpatient and maternity wings as soon as funds become available. The Budget for the remaining work is US$60,000.
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