Nursery Education and Empowerment Fund

The nursery program in Jambiani, Zanzibar has been busy supporting all the students through the Washy Washy, Scrub Scrub program, as well as providing daily porridge to all the students every day.  

This quarter, we had the great opportunity to introduce “brushy, brushy” to Ibrahim Junior Class. Out of all 4 of the schools we work with, this is the only class where the program didn’t run because of the extremely large number of students. However, due to the incredible support from our African Impact volunteers in June, we were able to launch the program so every student - 95 students - were able to receive their own toothbrush and learn about dental hygiene. 

In July and August, we are providing English support to 2 additional nursery schools within Jambiani with a potential to expand the Foundation’s support. At all nursery schools, we have been teaching them numbers, days of the week, and months of the year. 

The kids continue to absolutely love to brush their teeth daily - even some try to sneak in for a second squeeze!

Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far! Our goal is to secure our final funds for the year so we can continue to provide porridge every day so our students can learn on a full stomach! 

2019 started off with volunteers of all backgrounds and ages. All were brought together with the common goal of educating the community of Jambiani. We have been continuing to serve porridge and create interactive English lessons for the nursery students in the village. 

Last week was washy, washy, scrub, scrub week, where we taught the students about the importance of hygiene. We started off the week instructing them on the proper steps of brushing their teeth. You could even hear them singing our weekly theme song, “this is the way we brush our teeth, brush our teeth, brush our teeth…” as they strolled home after class. 

Later in the week, we brought in bars of soap and demonstrated to the children the correct way to wash their hands. You could hear them shout “1!2!3!...20!” as they counted the seconds that they needed to rub the soap in to truly disinfect their hands.

The goals of this program are to instill lifelong habits that contribute to a healthier community and provide supplies to make the children aware of hygienic practices. Through the help of African Impact staff and volunteers, they are also able to make sure these practices are being used at home and later into their life. The end of the week, craft day, was filled with colored paper cut outs of children smiling and holding up their artwork, with clean teeth to match. All the kids, teachers and volunteers did a fantastic job and we will continue to reinforce these positive behaviors with our daily washy washy practice.

Through the generosity of our volunteers, we were able to pay for another month of porridge for our four nursery schools and give toothbrushes to the incoming Juniors class. Thank you for your ongoing support!

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