Camps International staff will be at Kilimanjaro Airport to greet us and assist with our transfer to Camp Mbokomu. Kilimanjaro Airport is located less than an hour's drive from the town of Moshi and Camp Mbokomu.

Camp Mbokomu is an attractive rural camp located in the foothills of the mighty Kilimanjaro within a typical Chaga community. Accommodation consists of tents with comfy mattresses & bedding and the camp has flushing toilets, showers & sinks. On a clear day you'll be rewarded with some spectacular views of the mountain the minute you step outside your tent.

Mbokomu School is based in the small village of Korini Kusini in the Kilimanjaro foothills. With around 14,600 inhabitants, this region has experienced a steady increase in primary school attendance since the abolition of school fees in 2001. However, access to good quality education facilities outside of the cities is very limited and few students continue to secondary school. For this reason, it's important that the young children of Mbokomu receive an effective primary education to support them in gaining employment once they leave the education system. Mbokomu Primary was built in the 1950s but has lacked enough funding to maintain and upgrade its facilities since then. Currently around 350 students between the ages of 5-16 years are enrolled and many have to walk over 15 miles a day just to attend class. This area also suffers from large-scale soil erosion caused by biannual floods, which makes it very difficult to cultivate vegetation and leaves children with virtually no usable sports field or recreation area.

While at camp, three healthy, well balanced and tasty meals will be provided daily. For example toast, cereal, and omelet for breakfast; rice, beef stew/curry with vegetable for lunch/dinner, and fruit. The signature dish is Pilau & Chapati.

"We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience" - John Dewey On every evening of the program, we will set time aside to update our Reflection Journal and share thoughts and impressions that have come to the fore in the course of the day.

We will walk a short distance to Mbokomu School where the team is given a briefing on daily school life and an overview of the ongoing projects. This is an opportunity to play some games with the local children and make friends. The school constantly struggles with a lack of adequate funding, which puts children's lives at unnecessary risk from dilapidated classrooms that are close to collapse, as well as poor or non-existent sanitary conditions. You'll help by building or renovating school buildings to create inspirational and stimulating learning resources for the students.

The group then has some time to think deeply about their goals for the week; in a framed, student led discussion forum. In Camp Mbokumu we are working in collaboration with the surrounding community and an important part of the process of identifying the group's goals is a broader understanding of the problems faced by the area and our combined aims in tackling them. Through that understanding, leading to goal identification and student led planning, the group start to create and then work towards their own objectives.

The team should be prepared to get dirty as you are divided into small groups to undertake important projects around the school. Project work includes desk making, painting, tree planting at our indigenous nursery, and improving the school infrastructure with classroom construction. These are very rewarding days spent working alongside Tanzanians, whilst also picking up some useful phrases in Swahili.

A student focused discussion of Leadership, its challenges, models and aims. The students will be asked to think about these issues particularly in the context of their current environment and activities. What has worked, what hasn't? Are we on schedule for our own aims? How could we do things differently?

The team should be prepared to get dirty as you are divided into small groups to undertake important projects around the school. Project work includes desk making, painting, tree planting at our indigenous nursery, and improving the school infrastructure with classroom construction. These are very rewarding days spent working alongside Tanzanians, whilst also picking up some useful phrases in Swahili.

The group has some time to think deeply about their goals for the week; in a framed, student led discussion forum. In Camp Mbokumu we are working in collaboration with the surrounding community and an important part of the process of identifying the group's goals is a broader understanding of the problems faced by the area and our combined aims in tackling them. Through that understanding, leading to goal identification and student led planning, the group start to create and then work towards their own objectives.

On your final day there will be a gathering whereby your group can handover the work you have done to students and teachers. There will be a proud moment of reflection as you look at what you have achieved and the positive impact you have made.

The group has some time to think deeply about their goals for the week; in a framed, student led discussion forum. In Camp Mbokumu we are working in collaboration with the surrounding community and an important part of the process of identifying the group's goals is a broader understanding of the problems faced by the area and our combined aims in tackling them. Through that understanding, leading to goal identification and student led planning, the group start to create and then work towards their own objectives.

Embrace a full day of cultural immersion in a vibrant Tanzanian village. Engage in traditional cooking alongside a local family, share a home-cooked meal filled with flavors and stories, then dance to lively rhythms that reflect the spirit of the community. Fetch water from the village well, take part in everyday household chores, and build meaningful connections through authentic experiences that reveal the heart of daily life in Tanzania.

Visit the town of Moshi. It's known as a gateway to Kilimanjaro National Park, home to Africa's highest mountain. Moshi is a laid-back, colorful, and vibrant town and a great place to immerse yourself in the local culture. You can learn about how Tanzanians set up small businesses to generate income and, if you wish, you have the opportunity to buy souvenirs and support some of the local initiatives.

We visit Kidia village where we learn to cook traditional foods with a local women's group before enjoying a BBQ "al fresco" in the foothills of Mt Kilimanjaro.

Arusha National Park is located less than 2 hours drive away and the team departs early from camp following the saddle of Kilimanjaro to Mt. Meru. Arusha National Park is one of the most beautiful National Parks in Africa, and is home to abundant wildlife including leopard and hyena.

This evening we make the final entries in our Reflection Journal and share some of the most significant observations and perspectives that have taken shape in the course of our travel experience and how these may be most relevant for us all as we return home.

Throughout the program, we will set time aside time for discussion, guided reflection, and time to write reflections on self-discovery and what we have learned. "We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience" - John Dewey