Rondo

We are at Rondo Seminary and Theological School. There are 170 students--160 in secondary school and 7 ordinands. Have I said it is hot? On top of this mountain where the school has 150 acres and where we not allowed out at night because of lions, water is a critical problem. They depend on rainfall into large containers in order to provide water. There is a generator to run the office for a few hours per day. As we explored the school buildings and moved from one area to another, we could feel the heat rising from the earth under our feet and coming from the sun. This school is an important private school run by the church. The students are isolated up here and although there are challenges, their education is training future doctors, lawyers, civil engineers and priests for Tanzania. One of they areas they would like to improve is a computer centre but they would need computers and solar energy to power them. As well, they would like to increase the opportunity to more children, but there is a need for more cisterns before this can happen. There is a good spirit here amongst the boys and young men who are the students at this particular school. The boys are provided with one of a wooden bunk bed in the dorm but must bring their own mattress, covers and mosquito net. Few have nets that I can see. We met two teachers from Vermont. One here for the beginning of three months. The other, also from Vermont, here for two years starting last November--he is on placement from the Peace Corps and is teaching math and physics. The school has a small new building for use as a laboratory for physics and biology.
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