http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/new-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1727161521880-B0C2HA0ZJYRSV72R62W6/IMG_0437.jpg Sustainability https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1727161521880-B0C2HA0ZJYRSV72R62W6/IMG_0437.jpg Sustainability https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1727161237910-EGFIR6ZAD1QCM2C1706C/unnamed9.jpg Sustainability https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1727160671706-6MJ0CX367KMK6CPHW6P0/unnamed+%2811%29.jpg Sustainability https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1727161177108-IRB1S6LKO5AD8Z17PIMJ/IMG_0440.JPG Sustainability https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541162246349-Y5O7A97C2NXN2XKKFKMP/_DSC1209.jpg Sustainability - Safina Women's Group and Permaculture QEA has established a the Safina Women’s Group to create a space for women with children supported by the school to find supportive friends and community and to grow their livelihoods. After a recent permaculture training funded by our partners Mama Hope, they are now working together to implement a permaculture design plan for the school land. They are also teaching the children about permaculture principles, reducing waste, looking after the earth and running businesses wisely and fairly. Read more about it here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1727160606125-KJXD83ZO9HE7JGWFQPH1/PHOTO-2024-04-30-13-53-19.jpg Sustainability https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694004784-SJ1WJ4V6II98RCL0F92R/IMG_2226.jpg Sustainability https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1727161408313-7DYW2HF4LWVQYQ5S37UO/IMG_0441.JPG Sustainability http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/new-gallery daily 0.75 2018-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541602620332-B7W1ESQ2XM7PUT6XNZ7Z/IMG_0719.JPG The Team - Dr. Kilines Sekwiha Kilines is the Founding Director of the Queen Elizabeth Academy and is the driving force behind it all. She is a talented teacher, and constantly sees the potential in people around her. She has fought long and hard for the QEA and for her home village Mlali and continues to inspire and transform her community more every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541602620332-B7W1ESQ2XM7PUT6XNZ7Z/IMG_0719.JPG The Team - Dr. Kilines Sekwiha Kilines is the Founding Director of the Queen Elizabeth Academy and is the driving force behind it all. She is a talented teacher, and constantly sees the potential in people around her. She has fought long and hard for the QEA and for her home village Mlali and continues to inspire and transform her community more every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541599810568-DRWPDPL89I3CLDY8P1UN/Kilines+2.jpg The Team - Dr. Kilines Sekwiha Kilines is the Founding Director of the Queen Elizabeth Academy and is the driving force behind it all. She is a talented teacher, and constantly sees the potential in people around her. She has fought long and hard for the QEA and for her home village Mlali and continues to inspire and transform her community more every day. Photo by Tom Kubik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541165928481-JKGRW6F8ANJKDGKJMM7O/_DSC5758.jpg The Team - Yohana Chuma Yohana is the Head Teacher and School Manager. He is a graduate of the University of Dar es Salaam and was attracted to QEA because of the school's vision for social change. His energy for the work and commitment to educating children is difficult to surpass! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541165786595-ZDF4NL3C63UR8MYLT9EK/MamaPelis2.jpg The Team - Winny Saigod Winny is the school treasurer and one of the main driving forces behind the school. Even though she did not receive a secondary education herself, she believes fiercely in its power to transform lives. She is a leader in the women’s group and is an inspiration to many other women in the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541165866189-AEMFPOVOYCMJOIUGOUSK/_DSC5917.jpg The Team - Athanas Sekwiha Athanas has been with the QEA since the start, first feeding the children, then teaching reading and writing, and now he is involved in seeing the vision of the school come into shape. He is a valued management team member and teacher at the school and he drives much of the development in the farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541166043555-ZQYZQRNPT1VS460C3HJP/MamaFaith3.jpg The Team - Emma Sekwiha Emma Sekwiha is officially a school cook, but in reality, she is vital to everything that goes on at the Queen Elizabeth Academy. She tracks the school finances, plans for income generating projects and is aware of all of the children and their needs. And that is just the start of it. http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/support-staff daily 0.75 2018-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541168503931-YDFX47FSKV5F3IF82ONI/Perpetua.jpeg School Support Team - Perpetua Greyson Perpetua is the school nurse. She teaches health and hygiene to the students and treats them for minor injuries and monitors them when they are feeling ill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541168503931-YDFX47FSKV5F3IF82ONI/Perpetua.jpeg School Support Team - Perpetua Greyson Perpetua is the school nurse. She teaches health and hygiene to the students and treats them for minor injuries and monitors them when they are feeling ill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541168669785-0R57YVGVV6W3A8M11RM1/BibiSekwiha.jpg School Support Team - Faith Sekwiha Faith (or Bibi as most know her!) is truly the matriarch of the Queen Elizabeth Academy. She is Kilines’ mother and her fierce belief in the power of education made sure that her six children grew up to be a group dedicated to ensuring it for all. She is an important source of wisdom and guidance for the younger members of the team when decisions about the school have to be made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541168758225-VNJT5WGI5AGLGLM8PMI7/Abihudi_SchoolFarmManager.jpg School Support Team - Abihudi Chidau Abuhudi is the school farm manager. His daughter also studies at the school. He works hard, developing the garden and farm to make sure that the students have all the nutrition that they need and that the school can also make some income by selling their surplus at market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541168805743-RR2LW3JWXE8ZY63VDPZF/Maisha_Kalaita_3.jpg School Support Team - Maisha Kalaita Maisha is one of the school cooks. She is kind to the core, always ready to help with whatever task is at hand and looks after the students with a lot of love and laughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541168893707-BCWA0QNSG4W1SX3G9NIU/SchoolGuards_JonasDaudi_FaustiniMugomba_andBabu+%281%29.jpg School Support Team - Jonas and Faustini Jonas Daudi and Faustini Mugomba, here flanking the late Michael Sekwiha, are the school guards. They do their important work keeping the children safe with patience and joy. Everyone is very thankful to have them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541168952597-L5KUZAGWPHVNYJ2J5SH2/MicahKalaita.jpg School Support Team - Micah Kalaita Micah shows his love for the school by always being there to make deliveries, work on the farm, take part in decision making and by being a role model to the kids for what it means to live with integrity. http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/mct-involvement daily 0.75 2018-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541170688127-77NYBUPP2A6MSDG4D4WR/Kubik-150713-Mlali_0036.jpg MCT Involvement - Complete five classrooms This has ensured a safe and enjoyable learning environment for the students. It has allowed the staff to increase the number of students they teach, while reducing class sizes. These were funded in partnership with the Memusi Foundation and Mama Hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541170688127-77NYBUPP2A6MSDG4D4WR/Kubik-150713-Mlali_0036.jpg MCT Involvement - Complete five classrooms This has ensured a safe and enjoyable learning environment for the students. It has allowed the staff to increase the number of students they teach, while reducing class sizes. These were funded in partnership with the Memusi Foundation and Mama Hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541170804016-TNB4OA6JPC3HI4NHO72E/Kubik-150713-Mlali_0071.jpg MCT Involvement - Buy desks and chairs Giving each child enough space to learn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541171937076-GM1E5PV6DWWQOLJ18OE1/WhatsApp+Image+2018-10-30+at+07.14.27.jpeg MCT Involvement - Establish a school farm Funding from Mlali Community Trust has helped to establish a successful maize and sunflower farm and school vegetable garden. This feeds the students and staff, creates income and provides an outdoor classroom for the students to learn about natural processes, food security and protecting the environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541171251113-XIWNBVA5KTNLHG6ET02O/toilets.JPG MCT Involvement - Build school toilets To ensure proper sanitation and hygiene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541171268453-8439EO5TS8Q2GQQJO5UU/2016-09-21+18.15.44+1344312373472696737_719585816.jpg MCT Involvement - Purchase a school motorbike This helps staff get school business done quickly, take children to hospital if they feel ill and transport supplies. For example, here the school motorbike has picked up Mercy Mushi to take her to QEA. Mercy works with Nguzo Foundation, a girls empowerment organisation from the north of Tanzania. She comes regularly to the school to teach the girls about their sexual and reproductive health and rights and to help them to believe in themselves as young women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541171489237-ZSH2YEMNVDLQLBRIFQUV/ShopUnits_StillNeedFinishing12%252F4%252F17.jpg MCT Involvement - Build a school shop Here they will rent out one unit and use the other to sell school produce and create income for the school. This project was funded in partnership with Mama Hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541171906507-A8WQBUPJ9AN9P5AESE0C/WhatsApp+Image+2018-10-03+at+21.16.00.jpeg MCT Involvement - Install an electrical system This has meant that the school is safer at night and can hold night time activities, including extra learning support and clubs for staff and students. Solar panels funded by the Zimmerman Foundation through Mama Hope ensure that the lights can stay on. http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/students daily 0.75 2018-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541592513785-UX43ODJUA7LR1YRP0JHO/Irene_Amon_Class1.jpg Students - Irene Amon, Class 1 Irene is a wonderful learner. She picks things up very quickly and thanks to her talented auntie, she always has impeccable hair. Irene’s mum runs her own shop in the village market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541592513785-UX43ODJUA7LR1YRP0JHO/Irene_Amon_Class1.jpg Students - Irene Amon, Class 1 Irene is a wonderful learner. She picks things up very quickly and thanks to her talented auntie, she always has impeccable hair. Irene’s mum runs her own shop in the village market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541596485201-XNR1KMQ13QC0WW10XHYD/Valentino_Yohana_NurseryClass.jpg Students - Valentino Yohana, Nursery Class Valentino is just starting out on his school career. He loves putting on his uniform and heading off to school every morning. He has lots of friends already and is enjoying all the learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541592668923-BVV7BHQK01IHCP0NJN2F/Lightness_Silvester_AlexClass3.jpg Students - Lightness (Light) Sylvester, Class 3 Light’s family live in a different town but they so wanted her to be educated at the QEA that they have moved her to live in Mlali. The Sekwiha family have given her a long term home with them as she studies, until the boarding house is complete and she can stay there during term time. Light is bright, full of energy and very kind to those around her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541594177943-IPTDGPTGM0I20F40QFSO/IMG_0390.JPG Students - Sara Lusito, Class 7 Sara has been at QEA since she was in nursery class, and after taking some time to adapt to the classroom setting, she has now passed her national exams, making all of her teachers and her mum very proud. Her mum Manuela is part of the Safina Women’s Group at QEA, where she has found a lot of strength to continue pushing forward and supporting her daughter’s education. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541703134740-FDWHP01E5ZP2TQJ8UUSE/Jackie_Ashruna.jpg Students - Jackie and Ashruna, Class 6 Jackie and Ashruna are long time QEA students and long time friends. They are part of the school’s girl’s club which is named ‘Girl Arise and Fulfill Your Dreams’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541592918669-2DZH8UC5KDR1OMSDDKV5/Gift_Julius_Class1.jpg Students - Gift Julius, Class 1 Gift is just starting out his career at QEA, but the welcoming atmosphere and small classes are helping him to adapt well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541594184551-31U4S7FQ9MZQCNP1ANJ4/WhatsApp+Image+2017-05-19+at+17.27.36.jpeg Students Some of the girls in P4, 5,6 and 7 inspecting the school cabbages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541593128112-ILQ5SYJDV0CT4N8OKFJ5/Felista_SekwihaClass3.jpg Students - Felista Sekwiha, Class 4 Felista is the daughter of Athanas and Emma who are part of the management team. She is very kind and welcoming to anyone she meets and has a sharp mind, having inherited her family’s passion for learning. She fiercely loves animals and will always defend them from any harm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541592973435-MYOODSRQJ3I72O2LHGC0/Julianna_Majaliwa_Talimo_Class5_withGrandmotherAgines_Lengoliga.jpg Students - Juliana Majaliwa, Class 5 Juliana is a bright, joyful and responsible girl. She does well in her classes and is very dedicated to her education. Here Juliana is pictured with her grandmother who looks after her, Agines Lengoliga. Like the other students at QEA, Juliana is supported holistically by the school team. This includes her classroom education as well as home based support and follow up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541592719409-WM4I0W4DATB5IE4M928S/Mariam_DaugherMamaAsha_Class3+%281%29.jpg Students - Mariam Isaya, Class 3 Mariam has been at QEA since she was in nursery and her mother Rehema is an active member of the Safina Women’s Group. You can meet her here. Mariam is a girl with a quiet wisdom, who looks out for her friends, works hard in school and cares for her little sisters with a lot of love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541593018093-M7EO3CA8O8UPCAO9FTP7/Sumaya_Selemani_Nursery.jpg Students - Sumaya Selemani, Nursery Class Sumaya is really enjoying nursery, taking part with happiness in the games and activities that her teachers organise of her class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541702677934-WO9Z1S0I05Y93XCSC6E0/IMG_2232.jpg Students - Stanford Kalaita, Nursery Class Stanny LOVES school. He loves the ritual of getting his uniform on, he loves doing his homework, counting out loud, writing in his books. He has a very sharp mind and charms everyone he meets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541593063903-U8R4VXCJ19JS20A8141N/Rachel_Robert_Class3.jpg Students - Rachel Robert, Class 3 Rachel is a newer addition to the school but is working hard, making lots of friends and thriving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541593685430-YFDCDTCG8WIDDV8XIUBN/14334427_148095138979331_8254565807313387520_n%281%29.jpg Students - Puppies! Bahati, Altin, Glory, Manindwa, Juliana and Rose enjoying the new puppies at school. http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/news-1 daily 0.75 2018-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541687811283-TL4D1CU6N9V5W2DOAWQA/shoppy.jpg News - School shops now plastered, steps and grates are in place! November 2018 Thanks to funding from our partners Mama Hope, the school shops took another few steps forward towards completion. They are now plastered, the stairs are complete and the metal grating too. When complete, the school will get income through rent from one unit and will use the other one to sell their organic farm produce in the village. There are still a few steps to go to get this project complete. If you would be interested in putting funding towards this project please donate and send us an email specifying that you want it to go to this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541687811283-TL4D1CU6N9V5W2DOAWQA/shoppy.jpg News - School shops now plastered, steps and grates are in place! November 2018 Thanks to funding from our partners Mama Hope, the school shops took another few steps forward towards completion. They are now plastered, the stairs are complete and the metal grating too. When complete, the school will get income through rent from one unit and will use the other one to sell their organic farm produce in the village. There are still a few steps to go to get this project complete. If you would be interested in putting funding towards this project please donate and send us an email specifying that you want it to go to this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541583994680-FKSBTO6H96UTCH9YD8KR/Perpetua.jpeg News - QEA welcomes it's new school nurse, Perpetua Greyson November 2018 Perpetua will provide health based education to the students for health awareness and disease prevention, but she will also be there to treat, advise and comfort students if they feel ill or have a query about their health or well being. Alongside other female staff and Aika Nkya and Mercy Mushi from Nguzo Foundation from northern Tanzania, she will be involved in building out the girl’s support programming at the school, specifically in the area of menstrual hygiene and feminine health. Everyone is very excited to have Perpetua on board, and is looking forward to see the change her support will bring! If you are interested in supporting Perpetua in her new role, please get in touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541584430482-O3HRKO0AJ9X9GD64HGHG/WhatsApp+Image+2018-10-25+at+10.29.55.jpeg News - Primary 7 National Exam results - everyone passed! October 2018 Each year, Primary 7s all around Tanzania sit for their national exams. Within the current system, these exams determine whether a student can continue on to secondary school or not. QEA takes this very seriously and does all it can to ensure that each student is able to continue on. This year, all 21 of QEA’s primary 7s passed, and so all can go on to secondary! The school was placed first in the ward and 6th in the district - their best placement ever since the school began. Huge praise goes to the students for all their hard work, and to their teachers for all of those extra classes and hours put in to make sure this result happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541583980067-I8LKV1XOMVJ3LSR8EAM9/manure.jpeg News - Women’s group begins work on the permaculture plans for the school land October 2018 The women’s group have begun implementing their permaculture plans for the school land. They have already been developing their homes as demonstration sites to teach their friends and neighbours about the freeing principles and techniques of permaculture. Now they are applying what they have learnt to the school land, ensuring that the children have varied and healthy food to eat and the land is protected for future generations. Here Winny celebrates the delivery of organic fertiliser. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541588577926-JNYA4L8TWRO1U9VJFP61/kili+with+SEGA+Girls.jpeg News - Kilines is Guest of Honour at Sega Secondary School’s Form 6 Graduation Ceremony October 2018 Kilines’ story inspires people wherever she goes. It is particularly inspirational to young Tanzanian girls and women, who can see themselves in her. In October, she was invited to be the guest of honour at the sixth form graduation ceremony at SEGA Girls’ School in Morogoro Tanzania (where four QEA Alumna attend). At the event, she was able send the next generation of young women out into the world, as an example of how they have the power not only to change their own lives, but to change the lives of hundreds and thousand of others too. Here Kilines is pictured at the ceremony with two of the graduating class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541584681446-9XL6Y7QUE41VXIYV019D/IMG_3046.jpg News - Vital steps completed on the boarding house October 2018 The boarding house is now roofed, the window grates are installed and the plumbing system is in! Not far to go now! When this building is finished, the financial sustainability of the school will increase hugely, as they will be able to accommodate many more paying students from further afield - meaning that they can viably support many more non-paying students from in the community. Please be in touch if you would like to support the completion of this transformational project! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541584315909-V95IDOEU88HYNOB27G93/WhatsApp+Image+2018-11-05+at+07.19.35.jpeg News - Teachers participate in a teacher training course August 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541584210790-VQ1JFD69KYL9XLA4AO1N/QEAwomenPDC.jpeg News - Members of QEA Women's group complete Permaculture Design Course June 2018 Mach, Winny and Emma took part in this two week long intensive course which provided them with the knowledge and experience they need to transform the school land and the lives of many in their wider community. Permaculture is a system of agricultural and social design which is centred around mimicking the no-waste, regenerative patterns of nature. This course gave the women insight about how to use the renewable natural resources already available to them to feed themselves and their families without having to spend lots of money. They learnt how to do this while also encouraging growth and healing in the environment and making some income too. The women were hugely inspired and are already teaching what they learnt to the other members of the group and to the children at QEA. They came up with a permaculture design for the school land and have begun to implement it. http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/womens-group-general daily 0.75 2018-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541692615494-BWWGGPGYBELF9ECI496Z/MamaPelis_March_Manuela_MamaAsha.jpg Women's Group Gallery - This is pretty reflective of the group's confidence... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541692615494-BWWGGPGYBELF9ECI496Z/MamaPelis_March_Manuela_MamaAsha.jpg Women's Group Gallery - This is pretty reflective of the group's confidence... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541692349112-EGGQRRGNP2454GO5KA4A/March_Isaya%28FromIsayaandMlima%29March%27sadoptedson.jpg Women's Group Gallery - Mach and Isaya This is Mach with Isaya, her adopted son. She took him in when he didn’t have anywhere else to go. Now they look after each other. This is them with the vertical garden Mach learnt to make that uses grey water and a filter to grow healthy food, even in the dry season! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541692433548-FREZK30W2FGAGY1CBU8B/_DSC1680.jpg Women's Group Gallery - Mama Asha and her family watering their vertical garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541693958682-NU8JBBKXK6XU1K7U8CDR/IMG_2224.jpg Women's Group Gallery - Permaculture Course This is Mach and Mama Pelis during their permaculture course - it has been transformational for them all! Photo by Emma Sekwiha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541693988325-8CPZ7D72YSV6GIQH9KH8/IMG_2225.jpg Women's Group Gallery - Learning about keeping chickens Photo: Winny Saigod https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694015443-PXE1NE0XNW2QA29BADCU/IMG_2227.jpg Women's Group Gallery - Learning about double dug beds Photo: Winny Saigod https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541692561246-O2GAJYJ65LYNY348DSYL/MarchSmilePumpkinsinGarden.jpg Women's Group Gallery “The permaculture training opened my eyes to what is possible. All this time I have been struggling away, buying expensive chemicals fertilisers and things, when all the answers were around me for free! It’s given me even more confidence in myself as a woman and in my ability to be independent.” Mach, Safina Women’s Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541692197318-RPHWPZ9O8JWDP5MN67NB/_DSC1186.jpg Women's Group Gallery - Working on the kitchen garden The women learnt how to make a kitchen garden. They have them at their homes and they built one at the school too. The garden has a built in filter made from gravel and dry grass that filters grey water, so that food can be grown, even in the dry season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541692466363-NXASLSGCB562Z4HH8B3R/MamaAshaFam.jpeg Women's Group Gallery - Mama Asha and her family This is Mama Asha at home with her three daughters Asha, Mariam and Damari and Asha’s two little ones as well. Photo by Jess Smith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694025575-MQEQTUBJZOGB4Y261UAP/IMG_2228.jpg Women's Group Gallery - Permaculture at home! Mama Pelis lives in a particularly arid area, but through permaculture techniques, she has been able to grow lots of nutritious food right at her house and it is now a luscious garden. People pass by and ask how she managed to get her own water source, but she tells them it is just using grey water wisely that has made it happen! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694004784-SJ1WJ4V6II98RCL0F92R/IMG_2226.jpg Women's Group Gallery - Kanani Beauty Salon After learning new business principles during the permaculture course, Mama Pelis was inspired to set up her own hair salon in her village of Moleti. She has been able to provide a job to a local woman through this too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694891448-NEESSUR5K8KV2H4E4KV0/1a76ca85-8f94-460e-8a38-558de596e8cc.jpeg Women's Group Gallery - Kanani Beauty Salon This is the stylist that Mama Pelis has employed. She is very talented at doing styles for special occasions like weddings and parties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694046034-G4HNO4ZS5L11DA6EU86T/IMG_2229.jpg Women's Group Gallery - Mama Isaya at her shop with her children Photo: HC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694732000-JQGBZ12BHUXW0BV6MS0F/IMG_7110.jpeg Women's Group Gallery - Mama Faith is building a house for her family It is her pride and joy. The house is not quite yet ready to move in to yet, but she has already planted fruit trees all over the land so that they will provide shade and food when she and her family do move in. Photo: HC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694737587-9CXKNZ5OFPTDV1SRMIHM/IMG_9991.jpeg Women's Group Gallery - International Women's Day Celebration The women of QEA (Teachers and Safina Group members) got together for International Women’s Day to celebrate and to talk through the different challenges they face and how to help each other overcome them. Photo: HC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694752405-LQ7TUVLBAACNYW0YJM3L/IMG_9992.jpeg Women's Group Gallery - It was an amazing event Photo: HC http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/womens-group-1 daily 0.75 2018-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541690114458-UP6DHG3QQF2NYCCECLRY/Maria_Ndugai_Women%27sGroup.jpg Women's Group Profiles - Maria Ndugai (Mama Isaya) Maria runs a shop in the nearby village centre of Sheyu. You can see a picture of her in the shop in the gallery below. Learning from the older women in the group has helped her to grow in confidence in her marriage, with her business and in supporting her children through their education at QEA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541690114458-UP6DHG3QQF2NYCCECLRY/Maria_Ndugai_Women%27sGroup.jpg Women's Group Profiles - Maria Ndugai (Mama Isaya) Maria runs a shop in the nearby village centre of Sheyu. You can see a picture of her in the shop in the gallery below. Learning from the older women in the group has helped her to grow in confidence in her marriage, with her business and in supporting her children through their education at QEA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541691080068-750DBCIHLLEDWR67C1EB/_DSC1722.jpg Women's Group Profiles - Rehema Malole (Mama Asha) This is Rehema (known as Mama Asha) with her youngest daughter Damari. Damari and her elder sister Mariam are both students at QEA. Mama Asha is a farmer and has worked hard all her life to support her children and family, who love her dearly. She is generous, loving and strong. She surrounds herself with other strong women in Mlali to get her through the hard times and to laugh with through the happy ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541690638035-FJXY4PKANTPED513U6J1/Maisha_Kalaita_3.jpg Women's Group Profiles - Maisha Kalaita (Mama Stan) Also a school cook, Mama Stan is an important member of the group, and provided a lot of encouragement and support for the other members. She is also learning so much from the older women and is inspired by them and their abilities to overcome big challenges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541691187913-BFJYUBCUNFZHELP6MV4S/MarchWomensGroup.jpg Women's Group Profiles - Mach Kingamkono Mach is an unbelievable woman. She is unafraid to challenge local officials who won’t listen to her, she carries huge loads of wood down from the mountains on her head, she farms cows, pigs, rabbits, ducks and goats and looks after her son Isaya, all while fiercely standing up for the women around her if they need it. Oh, and she has a very dry wit. Wherever she is, everyone around is laughing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541691428280-BF2FGVLRFYP0BHZEXP7S/Manuela_Lusito_Womens%27Group.jpg Women's Group Profiles - Manuela Lusito (Mama Sara) Mama Sara, mother to Sara in P7 has grown so much in her confidence since being part of the group. In the beginning the weight of the responsibility to educate her children bared heavily on her, but building friendships with all of the amazing women in the group has allowed her to see what she can be and that she doesn’t have to do it alone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541697174069-K9KRHISLBKZWC1LP5FPQ/_DSC1226.jpg Women's Group Profiles - Emma Sekwiha (Mama Faith) Mama Faith is in many ways, the foundation of the school. She dreams about it and says she could never leave it. She is wise, loving and always goes above and beyond to help people around her. She is working on building her own house for her family, something she says she never imagined she would be able to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541691593354-5XTH9EIHFLF88CELUWLV/MamaPelis2.jpg Women's Group Profiles - Winny Saigod (Mama Pelis) Mama Pelis is a leader of women (and a leader of everyone!). She does things and inspires others to do them too. She has an insatiable appetite for learning. She is passionate about change in her community and very wise in the approach she takes to making that change come about. She also has a very good way with words. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541786452411-6S3LQ6GX7FCCTBKMTD5O/IMG_2230.jpg Women's Group Profiles - Lusia Lenjima (Mama Arnold) Mama Arnold has an infectious smile. One of her sons Arnold studies at QEA. She has always been one of the first to volunteer her time and labour to help the school, bringing firewood and helping on the farm. The women’s group has given her a place to find friends, belonging and support. Through this, she has grown in confidence and her family have all benefited too. Photo by HC http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/new-gallery-3 daily 0.75 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541754792726-6R96V6AKHXU6OOYSLPFX/kiliandparents.jpg School Contents - The Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541754792726-6R96V6AKHXU6OOYSLPFX/kiliandparents.jpg School Contents - The Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541755024766-737L6JSX37RXTSYD17AA/WalktoSchoolFelista_Mariam_Lightness7.jpg School Contents - The Vision https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1728904476176-5V344QFO486TSHUI57RU/QEAteam%2540boardinghouse.jpg School Contents - The Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541754933377-R6QZYV7H7NH0FNSDWNMV/_DSC2174.jpg School Contents - The Students https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541754761807-4D419VYIMNI5XQ6ETSHB/_DSC1150.jpg School Contents - Safina Women's Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541755107949-G4G23XOQDTP7SVX8EMBP/LexiEA_9.2017+%28edit+2%29+%2852+of+189%29.jpg School Contents - Sustainability https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541754966107-9709YAI7414N096KLFO9/Kilines+2.jpg School Contents - The Latest News http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/teachers daily 0.75 2018-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1543242583377-KQVOJA1II94PP60J0N0T/WhatsApp+Image+2018-11-23+at+08.48.47+%281%29.jpeg Teachers - Upendo Michael “Effective teaching/learning needs to be triangular, it involves teachers who are the facilitators, pupils who are the direct beneficiaries and their parents. Incorporating these three participants in teaching and learning process leads to school and academic growth. The school committee is the messenger who carries ideas from the parents and bring them to us for the sake of improving teaching and learning activities. We have also been able to communicate with the parents directly or through the school committee which has promoted teaching and learning at our school. It has always been enjoyable teaching children and help them build their futures.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1543242583377-KQVOJA1II94PP60J0N0T/WhatsApp+Image+2018-11-23+at+08.48.47+%281%29.jpeg Teachers - Upendo Michael “Effective teaching/learning needs to be triangular, it involves teachers who are the facilitators, pupils who are the direct beneficiaries and their parents. Incorporating these three participants in teaching and learning process leads to school and academic growth. The school committee is the messenger who carries ideas from the parents and bring them to us for the sake of improving teaching and learning activities. We have also been able to communicate with the parents directly or through the school committee which has promoted teaching and learning at our school. It has always been enjoyable teaching children and help them build their futures.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1543242363780-Z5F9DZRBR2HQ827XLN6G/WhatsApp+Image+2018-11-23+at+08.48.46.jpeg Teachers - Thadei Mhando “Being at QEA as one of the staff gives me so much happiness and has made my teaching career more exciting. Maths, Science, Kiswahili and Developing sports and Arts are the subjects I teach and with the cooperation I get from my colleagues and the school administration, teaching has been very smooth and successful. The performance of the pupils in the subjects I teach is very good. Parents also come to school and talk to me about their children's academic progress and together we have been solving various challenges facing the children.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1543323069601-Q2605OKR8UHA74H2AQAP/IMG_2804.jpg Teachers - Kezia Magawa “It's exciting to see how the community’s thinking has been transformed from the perception that our school cannot do anything to help their children, to now believing that QEA is one of the few primary schools which provides high quality education in the whole of Kongwa district. In recent years we have experienced many parents coming to our school looking for vacancies to bring their children, something which makes me feel proud of the work we do as teachers.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1543242562203-VXMYDHK16CBSXMV2POUO/WhatsApp+Image+2018-11-23+at+08.48.46+%281%29.jpeg Teachers - Hadija Mbaga “I'm Hadija Mbaga I work with QEA as a teacher and the academic mistress. We do the best we can to provide quality education to the pupils at our school. Building our pupils academically has promoted their performance in internal and external exams. We have managed to make our school more competitive and academically successful, especially in the recent years. Involving parents and the community in the work we do has contributed so much to the achievements. Teaching at QEA has made me love my teaching profession even more.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1543242572274-YKLU1EC0WWIBXE6FATFM/WhatsApp+Image+2018-11-23+at+08.48.48.jpeg Teachers - Joseph Lembile “It's me, teacher Joseph Lembile, teacher at QEA and the deputy head teacher. I feel proud of being a deputy head teacher and I make lot of efforts to ensure that the school is growing, advising, supporting and making different plans for the pupils academic progress in collaboration with the school head teacher and the academic office. We make regular visits to the children's homes to get a closer look at their real life situations which helps us to determine what the school can do to help them. We also advise their parents about the importance of taking care of and tracking their children's academic progress.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1543242624091-SELSD8CPHK3XNCFE5VIB/WhatsApp+Image+2018-11-23+at+08.48.47.jpeg Teachers - Jane Pearson “Children are very friendly and lovely and it feels very joyous teaching them. Singing with them and playing games with them is simply a wonderful experience. I do my best to build their academic foundation in order to make it easier in their upper classes. Being a teacher to these wonderful pupils is being more than a teacher. Sometimes you need to play a part as their parent and guardian too, making it very important to have good communication between the parents and I so that we my together track their mental and academic progress.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1543242639100-MWNCSODA85IYJJOY5P5J/WhatsApp+Image+2018-11-22+at+09.34.50.jpeg Teachers - Yona Mlojo “I'm Yona Mlojo, a teacher at QEA. I love my school and really love all the pupils. Teaching is my profession and I love it. A good relationship between school workers and the community makes me happy to be here.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1543323054275-E0XVO8NHEXU3AOU3QJNB/IMG_2803.jpg Teachers - Diana Ngoliga “Working here is wonderful! Teaching these little children makes me very happy. They like playing, singing, studying and asking questions - things which make teaching and learning beautiful. It's very encouraging to see how parents are highly involved in their children's academic progress, they use much of their time visiting the nursery class and getting feedback from teachers. 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Make it stand out Students with Teacher Samson, QEA’s headteacher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/524ee5fe-06dc-4819-aa8b-925b45a9a224/WhatsApp+Image+2025-07-15+at+19.26.13.jpeg Latest News - Make it stand out Teacher Samson inspects the school’s spinach crop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/89205147-018b-4952-a5cb-fdfeff752630/PHOTO-2024-04-30-13-53-19.jpg Latest News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/0483d440-7a7c-477e-99f0-fc0ec9afb7dd/unnamed+%288%29.jpg Latest News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/fca4dc3e-0883-4d45-852d-9c8989bc74cf/IMG_0435.JPG Latest News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/12af3857-86fa-4263-ba65-470c4f8d258b/IMG_0426.JPG Latest News - 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a key part of their sustainability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541184376500-I6TK2ODUBKZO2S8VX3J9/MadamHadija_withkids.jpg About us Madam Hadija with some of her students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/fca4dc3e-0883-4d45-852d-9c8989bc74cf/IMG_0435.JPG About us 2024’s p7 graduating class with the school staff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/b4df87b1-73ee-4a0f-bc47-447d1baa6785/IMG_0422.jpg About us Students with QEA’s headteacher Samson Sityo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541326968607-5C93DY9QRIPODJ0LHSZO/grad.JPG About us http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/story daily 0.75 2018-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541169906338-S98I3ZYT6YY68HVN1US4/Kubik-150713-Mlali_0071.jpg The Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541184906351-PYHR3MHXRY2O23UUSL2N/Kubik-150713-Mlali_0013.jpg The Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541605753909-TYHAPLKGK9PS3YSO09F3/kiliandparents.jpg The Story Kilines with her parents Faith and Michael Sekwiha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1442480176524-LTQ30U013C8ZSZ3O1OES/DSC05212.jpg The Story http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/sustainability daily 0.75 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541161060384-SRW6MY2Z9UUEFUS6J37L/Julianna_Majaliwa_Talimo_AtSchool.jpg Sustainability http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/our-impact daily 0.75 2018-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541157914998-LBCJGKYMF2XGGUCJ61EN/WhatsApp+Image+2017-01-09+at+10.22.42+%281%29.jpeg Impact This is Lucia, Flora, Faith and Faraja, four members of the first ever nursery class at the Queen Elizabeth Academy. See if you can spot them in the 2011 picture above! They are now thriving as Form 2 students at SEGA Girls Secondary School in Morogoro, Tanzania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541154287871-57FE8AAZGCVF379BHKBJ/School2011.jpeg Impact Here are the 65 students of the Queen Elizabeth Academy and their teachers in 2011, at this point sharing the local council buildings for lack of a building of their own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541155501691-PLSYMHUFF64V11ZCLSI1/WhatsApp+Image+2018-10-25+at+10.29.55.jpeg Impact 2018’s Primary 7 Class celebrating their success with their brilliant head teacher and the school manager, Yohana Chuma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541154395097-1WXPU650VUD276I4SSY7/_DSC2172.jpg Impact Here are the students of QEA in 2018 jumping with their teachers in front of their very own classrooms and amongst the fruit trees that they are taught to care for. Not all 203 students are pictured - you can see the nursery class with their teachers Kezia and Diana at the top of this page! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541146891937-Z8C6F6QBAAE4NKGY8ND4/MadamKezia_NurseryClass_MadamDiana.jpg Impact http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/womens-group daily 0.75 2018-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541692615494-BWWGGPGYBELF9ECI496Z/MamaPelis_March_Manuela_MamaAsha.jpg Safina Women's Group - This is pretty reflective of the group's confidence... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541692349112-EGGQRRGNP2454GO5KA4A/March_Isaya%28FromIsayaandMlima%29March%27sadoptedson.jpg Safina Women's Group - Mach and Isaya This is Mach with Isaya, her adopted son. She took him in when he didn’t have anywhere else to go. Now they look after each other. This is them with the vertical garden Mach learnt to make that uses grey water and a filter to grow healthy food, even in the dry season! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541692433548-FREZK30W2FGAGY1CBU8B/_DSC1680.jpg Safina Women's Group - Mama Asha and her family watering their vertical garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541693958682-NU8JBBKXK6XU1K7U8CDR/IMG_2224.jpg Safina Women's Group - Permaculture Course This is Mach and Mama Pelis during their permaculture course - it has been transformational for them all! Photo by Emma Sekwiha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541693988325-8CPZ7D72YSV6GIQH9KH8/IMG_2225.jpg Safina Women's Group - Learning about keeping chickens Photo: Winny Saigod https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694015443-PXE1NE0XNW2QA29BADCU/IMG_2227.jpg Safina Women's Group - Learning about double dug beds Photo: Winny Saigod https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541692561246-O2GAJYJ65LYNY348DSYL/MarchSmilePumpkinsinGarden.jpg Safina Women's Group “The permaculture training opened my eyes to what is possible. All this time I have been struggling away, buying expensive chemicals fertilisers and things, when all the answers were around me for free! It’s given me even more confidence in myself as a woman and in my ability to be independent.” Mach, Safina Women’s Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541692197318-RPHWPZ9O8JWDP5MN67NB/_DSC1186.jpg Safina Women's Group - Working on the kitchen garden The women learnt how to make a kitchen garden. They have them at their homes and they built one at the school too. The garden has a built in filter made from gravel and dry grass that filters grey water, so that food can be grown, even in the dry season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541692466363-NXASLSGCB562Z4HH8B3R/MamaAshaFam.jpeg Safina Women's Group - Mama Asha and her family This is Mama Asha at home with her three daughters Asha, Mariam and Damari and Asha’s two little ones as well. Photo by Jess Smith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694025575-MQEQTUBJZOGB4Y261UAP/IMG_2228.jpg Safina Women's Group - Permaculture at home! Mama Pelis lives in a particularly arid area, but through permaculture techniques, she has been able to grow lots of nutritious food right at her house and it is now a luscious garden. People pass by and ask how she managed to get her own water source, but she tells them it is just using grey water wisely that has made it happen! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694004784-SJ1WJ4V6II98RCL0F92R/IMG_2226.jpg Safina Women's Group - Kanani Beauty Salon After learning new business principles during the permaculture course, Mama Pelis was inspired to set up her own hair salon in her village of Moleti. She has been able to provide a job to a local woman through this too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694891448-NEESSUR5K8KV2H4E4KV0/1a76ca85-8f94-460e-8a38-558de596e8cc.jpeg Safina Women's Group - Kanani Beauty Salon This is the stylist that Mama Pelis has employed. She is very talented at doing styles for special occasions like weddings and parties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694046034-G4HNO4ZS5L11DA6EU86T/IMG_2229.jpg Safina Women's Group - Mama Isaya at her shop with her children Photo: HC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694732000-JQGBZ12BHUXW0BV6MS0F/IMG_7110.jpeg Safina Women's Group - Mama Faith is building a house for her family It is her pride and joy. The house is not quite yet ready to move in to yet, but she has already planted fruit trees all over the land so that they will provide shade and food when she and her family do move in. Photo: HC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694737587-9CXKNZ5OFPTDV1SRMIHM/IMG_9991.jpeg Safina Women's Group - International Women's Day Celebration The women of QEA (Teachers and Safina Group members) got together for International Women’s Day to celebrate and to talk through the different challenges they face and how to help each other overcome them. Photo: HC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541694752405-LQ7TUVLBAACNYW0YJM3L/IMG_9992.jpeg Safina Women's Group - It was an amazing event Photo: HC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541689625522-OEERKZLO6SXMJ25FZVSY/_DSC1150.jpg Safina Women's Group http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/vision daily 0.75 2018-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541601238409-NQL1DSX05VWRK5O2R2VJ/WalktoSchoolFelista_Mariam_Lightness_Sch.Road.jpg The Vision https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541777300988-1JDE1MZJAXPYO8JWT1R4/IMG_0481.JPG The Vision The famous Mlali sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541777235302-CSXO5RFHYF7ILHD08KMV/kilyjuliana.jpg The Vision Kilines with (a slightly younger!) Juliana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541600987036-XJ83KJDERPQSMJF1A03L/IMG_9940.JPG The Vision The view of the QEA school building and village beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541601352796-HLXGUUC7PPCLA9LDXPRH/edeani_2014_mheastafrica_proof-505.jpg The Vision Photo: Ike Edeani https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541600733898-5LEX264T4B8YOH1DYAW9/WalktoSchoolFelista_Mariam_Lightness7.jpg The Vision http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/the-students daily 0.75 2018-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541592136905-HIR80VFYIQI2VL80TZAH/Joanita_Majaliwa.jpg The Students http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/the-school daily 0.75 2018-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541756558694-T15IVW7JZA012GVVFWNH/_DSC2103.jpg The School http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/take-action-1 daily 0.75 2021-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541174500246-3TJAZZ3OD16V8KNLKTJ2/Kelly_SilvesterClass1_Michael_NgujiClass3.jpg Make Lasting Change Kelly Silvester (P1) and Michael Nguji (P3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541326968607-5C93DY9QRIPODJ0LHSZO/grad.JPG Make Lasting Change Staff and students celebrate during a p7 graduation ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1541326839957-ZXUYYHLAORBKCFIEPJWZ/jss.jpeg Make Lasting Change http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/trustees daily 0.75 2024-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/cc9eaaf2-b938-45c4-9f1b-721851a88916/Lexi.jpeg Trustees - Lexi Spaulding Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/7292cef1-fb79-442d-b69e-8de85bba74ac/romy.jpeg Trustees - Romy Rehfeld Eilidh Skinner has a background in environmental work, particularly in relation to food systems. She holds a masters degree in Environment and International Development from Edinburgh University and manages a zero-waste cafe in Newcastle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/44e8bb79-0f75-452e-9bbd-959840571869/hannah.jpeg Trustees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/5b05acfe-a788-4963-b571-2e820649a63d/IMG_0431.JPG Trustees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/4df4b536-9aa4-4bed-ac2a-f47083125037/IMG_0520.JPG Trustees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/a7a9a7ef-d4df-4225-a387-13b419c47293/Lauren.jpeg Trustees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1727098781242-ZYZZDMW4OU7Z9ZJX4DJC/unnamed+%2820%29.jpg Trustees http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/annual-reports daily 0.75 2026-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/5c625c39-46f2-4265-b9d9-762864906894/Screenshot+2026-01-01+105413.png Annual Reports - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/e7237d45-5855-44b6-9c2d-11bdf01879c6/MCT_AR+2223.jpg Annual Reports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/fe88605e-db2a-466d-8371-83b48858177f/MCT+Annual+Report+Pic.jpg Annual Reports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/cc789bf8-da2d-4548-87e2-ed650176a702/WhatsApp+Image+2025-05-15+at+10.21.49.jpg Annual Reports http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/community-led-movement-blog daily 0.75 2024-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/5c0c479a-5d57-4c54-a158-f7be6b75970e/SDG+4.png Community led movement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/blog daily 0.75 2024-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/b3c66496-0259-4f3a-9560-0e6cd4bb12a4/E_SDG_goals_icons-individual-rgb-04.png Blog http://www.mlalicommunitytrust.org.uk/school-team daily 0.75 2024-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1728393658372-L4HCQ7FAR0U46VYA02ET/IMG_0433.JPG School team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/265a352a-5aef-4565-bfe8-3f38acb077ad/_DSC5917.jpg School team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/c8a8678a-768f-42f4-83c6-c90ac28dd9b9/IMG_0440.jpg School team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1442569474139-CMZ307ZPBDMN3TUMTPDT/IMG_9016.JPG School team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1442569474139-CMZ307ZPBDMN3TUMTPDT/IMG_9016.JPG School team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/070cf947-b81d-49eb-80cb-7c98d9e88e7b/simon.jpg School team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/e8ec289c-ddc0-44f4-af3b-992b33e4fc83/MadamHadija_withkids.jpg School team Hadija Mbaga - Teacher, Academic Lead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/95aa5f58-1a05-4df7-b7e4-d13c3cb21df5/Neema+Methusela+Nkuku.jpg School team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/ddbd0345-c4dc-41d9-b8a6-2f7ffff9d622/unnamed+%285%29.jpg School team Madame Twito - School manager and teacher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1442569474139-CMZ307ZPBDMN3TUMTPDT/IMG_9016.JPG School team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/554b4ba9e4b0149371f0cd0e/1442569474139-CMZ307ZPBDMN3TUMTPDT/IMG_9016.JPG School team - 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