On September 28th our long term supporter Alternatives4Children (A4C) organized the Legends4Legends investment conference with the aim of raising money for A4C at the iconic EYE film museum in Amsterdam. The conference was a great success and raised tens of thousands of Euros for A4C. To inform participants about the projects A4C sponsors, a short video of Jeroen was projected on the big screen, allowing him to explain what Kamitei does.
Ageeth visited Tanzania again in the spring of 2017 to assist Bill in his ongoing efforts to teach trainers and support the development of the schools in the communities we support.
Last March Kamitei visited them at school to check how they are doing. In the national exams at the end of 2016 almost all of them were in division I and some of them in division II out of five divisions. Only a couple are not doing great. Together with their teachers we spoke with them and try to solve some of the problems. For example one of them lacked a sweater or a coat so he (Leiyo) was to cold to do his homework in the evening. At the end of April we wil check if his results are rising again. Another student ( Sulle) became reluctant. Now Bill; our field officer is going to check on him more frequently. And will even try to work together with him to improve his results.
A day after the event in Amsterdam, Jeroen, Jane and Ageeth travelled to Belgium at the invitation of Hugo Levecke, who had organised an event at the Royal Hockeyclub in Leuven, where over 20 guests attended. Kamitei is now also an officially recognised charity in Belgium for tax purposes, also thanks to the help of PWC, and the evening was a great success.
The annual sponsor event in Amsterdam was held in January and we were happy to see so many old and new friend who support Kamitei. This year it was held at the private bar of Intertrust, who kindly allowed us to use their facilities (incl. free drinks). Jeroen and Ageeth presented updates on our activities, and there was a lot of good interaction. And, not the least important, Jane and Grace had prepared a very a nice buffet dinner, which was much appreciated.