Tanzania, Stone Town: Zanzibar PLCI school

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Tanzania, Stone Town: Zanzibar PLCI school

Location

PLCI Prospective Learning and Charitable Institution Stone Town , ZC
Tanzania
6° 9' 43.992" S, 39° 11' 31.452" E
Zanzibar Central/South TZ
Project title: 
Zanzibar PLCI school
Number of students: 
130
On-site point of contact: 

Mr. Gasica:
Prospective Learning & Charitable Institution
P.O. Box 458 Melitano – Zanzibar, Tanzania
gasica50@hotmail.com
+255 (0) 773 110 738

Project description: 

The Prospective Learning and Charitable Institution (PLCI) is a charity school on the outskirts of Stone Town offering free primary and secondary education and vocational training to orphans, those living in extreme poverty, or who are otherwise disadvantaged.

The objective of Nell's cooperation with this school is to incorporate experiential learning using environmental resources and experiences into the teaching curriculum in all subjects to promote greater engagement with the world around us and make learning more relevant to students’ every day lives and experiences.

Our environment is everything around us – living and non-living, natural and human-made, and environmental issues intersect with the curriculum in all subjects to a greater or lesser degree. The environment therefore provides teachers and students with a free learning resource which can be accessed simply by going outside and looking around us, to make learning all subjects more relevant. When lessons have relevance to our lives, it becomes easy to learn, to remember what we have been taught, and to apply what we have learnt to future experiences.

Volunteers and interns will work with the 9 PLCI teachers of diverse subjects to identify how to integrate environmental education into the curriculum, develop lesson plans for different age and educational levels that show practical ways to use the environment as a free education resource to help students understand our world better, and work with the teachers and students together to implement the lessons and incorporate experiential learning into the learning process.

Techniques for learning outside may include experiential learning, field trips or other practical experiences such as building compost heaps or a keyhole garden. The aim is to make students critical observers of their environment and develop imagination and creative thinking about the ways we use our environment and how our activities impact it. A keyhole garden for instance provides students and teachers with learning opportunities in nutrition, carbon cycle, water cycle, botany, agriculture, economics, and recycling. Volunteers can also teach English and computer skills.

Nell will offer volunteers and interns educational materials to work with, besides many ideas and suggestion for appropriate activities.

The School was founded by Shaffy Gasica in 2006, when he was just 17 years old, and has now grown to over 130 pupils. Most pupils attend both regular state school (morning or afternoon sittings) and supplementary lessons at PLCI, giving them an extremely strong education. All teachers are volunteers. There are classes in physics, maths, chemistry, biology and geography. Besides this, there is a nursery school group for children from the age of 2, a "science club" targeting young women, support for physically disabled children (provision of wheelchairs), and a holiday camp every year during the months of July and August.

Compared to most young Zanzibaris, the PLCI students speak good English, and – since they are voluntarily taking part in supplementary education, they are motivated and driven, and a pleasure to work with.

http://www.world-unite.de/en/volunteering-zanzibar/sustainable-east-afri...

Status: 
Completed
Semaphore: 
Green: the rest of the dootronics can be sent
Number of dootronics needed: 
15
Local language(s): 
English, Suaheli, German, Spanish
Socket voltage: 
220-240 Volts
Socket type: 
D
G
Internet connection type: 
Wired or Wireless
Date it was created: 28/04/13/
Date it was last updated: 24/02/22

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Dootronic ID Country Status Model Serial number Weight
000000318 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used asus eee pc 00196075496103 1.40Kgms
000001505 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used Dell Latitude D610 CN-9C4708-48693-594-1326 3.00Kgms
000001588 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used IBM ThinkPad T60 L3TH844 3.00Kgms
000002181 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used HP Compaq nc8000 CNU41505YJ 3.50Kgms
000003073 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used HP Compaq mini cnu9379kfy 2.00Kgms
000005427 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used Getac W130 WA539021-03 3.00Kgms
000006154 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used HP Pavilion dv9500 CNF7436BLX 3.50Kgms
000006361 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used IBM ThinkPad T61 L3H6276 3.00Kgms
000009189 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used Lenovo ThinkPad X230 R9Z2545 2.00Kgms
000009267 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used Lenovo Thinkpad Edge LR5Y7Y3 3.00Kgms
000009306 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E320 LR5Y7P9 3.00Kgms
000009310 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used Sony PCG-71211M 275282615002189 7.00Kgms
000016217 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used HP ProBook 455G1 8CG4240954 3.00Kgms
000016218 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used Acer Aspire E1-530 NXMEQEG0023470417D3400 3.00Kgms
000016223 Tanzania [S4] Deployed and being used Lenovo Edge LRPKZWZ 3.00Kgms

Dootrips

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Dootrip #DepartureOriginDestinationStatusCapacityDootronics assigned
Dootrip #0000000382015-09-18T06:30:00Neuss, GermanyStonetown, TanzaniaCompleted11
Dootrip #0000000902016-01-19T14:00:00Bonn, GermanyStone Town, Zanzibar, TanzaniaCompleted11
Dootrip #0000001052016-02-08T15:30:00Hamburg, GermanyStonetown, TanzaniaCompleted11
Dootrip #0000002722017-02-12T19:00:00Neuss, GermanyStonetown, TanzaniaCompleted22
Dootrip #0000003402017-02-28T21:00:00Düsseldorf, GermanyStonetown, TanzaniaCompleted22
Dootrip #0000009332018-12-31T06:45:00Krefeld, GermanyStone Town, TanzaniaCompleted44

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