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We have built an elementary school for the community which had 19 kids in the first year but now in the second year of our operation we have 24 kids aged 4-5 years old. Pens, pencils and stationary have been donated to the school. Fees for the kids who can't afford to go to school are paid for for the first year while looking for the sponsors to carry on paying them. The school is in our compound where our guests stay. It is all funded by the visiting tourists.
We do not use electricity, only paraffin lamps and occasionally we use candles. We do not have running water, therefore the water we have is minimal and it is impossible not to be careful how you use it. There is not much rubbish here, really the only rubbish are papers which are dumped by the kids after school. After noticing the spread of this rubbish we then dug a big pit to stop it from spreading to burn it in one place. Any rubbish like tins and things we can't burn i take to town by car which is not much as it's all what we have used for that village visit with the tourists. Anything that is organic like cabbage pill or banana pills are thrown out and fed on by the goats and cows.
We are currently in the process of having talks about setting up a community nature reserve, as we have lots small animals in our indigenous forests.
We get all our building materials from the community members whenever we want to build any structures or need any services such as building skills. We use maize as our staple food and other local produce such as pumpkins, beans, veg, etc. We employ local staff – 3 people from the community.
We invite every traveller who books a holiday via us to send in a review. Because we don't run the holidays they're completely independent and unedited... remember to read between the lines though, as two people on the same holiday can have different views!
