Tanzania Services

L.O.A.M.O English medium school | Arusha Tanzania

L.O.A.M.O school in Arusha, Tanzania, is home to over 500 students from baby class to grade 7. There is no place on earth like this school. For two weeks we will be immersed in teaching, giving and loving to the students, staff and families of this incredible institution. The energy of this place is UNREAL. You will feel your confidence grow every day in the classroom as we typically teach 4-5 lessons per day to classrooms full of eager students. We teach our own fun and innovative lessons as well as from their textbooks. We also participate in the most eye-opening and heart warming home visits on earth.

In Tanzania, if you go to the public government funded schools, grades K-7 are taught in Swahili, their native language. Once students reach grade 7, the curriculum switches over into English. The system is designed for the students to fail, unless they can pay a little money and go to a school K-7 that teaches in English.

LOAMO is one of those schools that gives these kids a chance in a system that has stacked the odds against them. We take a lot of pride in our partnership with this school. Each of our students chosen will need to be willing to put time and effort into preparing and practicing lesson plans to be as successful as possible in the classroom. They will be teaching in teams to help ease their nerves, and the teams will be split up among grades 3-7. The welcoming nature and amount of energy you feel from the staff and children at the school is impossible to explain unless you have experienced it.

Our farewell party is always full of hugs, dancing, and tears. This is a very hard place to leave, but you will always have friends that feel like family in Tanzania. Our trip will end with a visit to the village of Mtoombo, a trip to a real maasai village, and a one-day safari, so you may experience another side of Tanzania.