Eden Garden Education Trust

On February 1, 2011, I visited Eden Garden Education Trust in Moshi, Tanzania.  Currently, To Return is providing scholarships for five students at Eden Garden.  The scholarships recipients are all the children of guides or porters on Kilimanjaro and range in age from 3 to 13. 

Eden Garden Education Trust

Our visit began with a meeting with Patricia Nayar, the Executive Director of Eden Garden.  Patricia and I have been communicating via email for the past three years regarding tuition payments and student progress reports so it was great to meet in person.  Then, we toured the nursery and younger primary school.  Due to space constraints Eden Garden's campus is split into three locations in and around Moshi. 

Returning to class after a lesson in brushing your teeth.

The second campus visited was for the older primary school students.  We meet with Samuel Binyanya, the head of Kindergarten and Primary school.  Samuel gave us a progress update on the students (happy to report that they are all doing well - happy, health, and working hard) and a tour of the classrooms.

Overall, I was really impressed by the quality of education at Eden Garden Education Trust and am thrilled that we have five students currently enrolled.  Thanks to Patricia and Samuel for the tour.