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My first few weeks at St. Denis have gone well and it is wonderful to see the posho mill up and running and thriving. Talented St Denis student Ndalike, in S4, was recruited to produce a sign for the business and it looks fantastic:

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As usual La Bastilla has been buzzing with activity, literally and figuratively.  Among the high number and variety of insects, I’ve taken notice of the tremendous presence of cicadas that provide a constant soundtrack to our days here.  The students have also been buzzing about their first term exams and grades.  The results are in, and I’m proud to announce La Bastilla students scored an overall average of 88% after their first term.

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Here at Ahazaza Independent School we are very excited to start implementing new entrepreneurship classes in Primary 1 to Primary 4. The new lesson plans signal a great step forward as students can now get a firm grounding in entrepreneurship theory and practical skills.

We have compiled a database of lesson plans which are tailored to introduce the basic principles of entrepreneurship alongside practical elements such as event management and school trips to local businesses and community centres for the students.

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Teach A Man To Fish are thrilled to announce that the winners of the 2011 School Enterprise Challenge have been revealed!

Click here to see a full list of winners.

Congratulations to everyone who took part - it was a fantastic competition with some truely inspiring entrants.

We are also pleased to announce that applications are open for the 2012 School Enterprise Challenge. Apply here for your chance to be involved in this fantastic competition. 

April began in style as the French Institute from Kigali visited Ahazaza to hold the school’s first ever pop up cinema event.

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Hello to all the Teach A Man To Fish Nicaragua followers! I’m Mary, and will be taking over from Rachel as the Project Officer in La Bastilla for the upcoming year.  My first week did not disappoint in terms of exciting activity and memorable experiences.  Erica from the London office is also here for the next week visiting, and introducing me to all the bits and pieces that make up this remarkable project. 

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Ondati is no different to much of rural Kenya when it comes to using energy. To provide breakfast, lunch and dinner to 130 students daily mean that the school goes through a great deal of firewood. The system that has been used in the past is one that is common in villages. A three stone stove that is not only inefficient in terms of fuel, the amount of smoke produced makes the school cooks life very unpleasant!

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Ahazaza has recently hired a Project Manager for the multipurpose hall! David Jesero started teaching at Ahazaza in January 2012 and has quickly proven invaluable.

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There’s lots of news to report from Ahazaza Independent School this month! As the first term begins to draw to a close, the projects are in full flow and students are sitting their end term exams as we speak. They’ve all been revising hard so fingers crossed everyone will be happy with their results.

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Teach A Man To Fish were delighted to announce the winners of the 2011 Pan African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education last week. We received a record number of entries, and the overall standard was the highest we have ever seen. Congratulations to all entrants for their hard work and dedication - it is so exciting to see such innovative work taking place all over Africa.

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Teach A Man To Fish were delighted to announce the winners of the 2011 Pan African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education last week. We received a record number of entries, and the overall standard was the highest we have ever seen. Congratulations to all entrants for their hard work and dedication - it is so exciting to see such innovative work taking place all over Africa.

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The hard work of planting and weeding the pineapples at Ondati has been replaced with the more fun aspect of the business - sales!

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The Uganda workshop series has been going well this month with a development into practical skills based workshops, intended to give school management and staff the real skills needed to set up successful school businesses. Many Ugandan schools, especially rural schools, have tried some form of income generating activity, but staff often lack the business skills needed to make them into successful revenue generating businesses.

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Name: Marion Ssewajje  Age: 17  Class: S2 Boarding student

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After almost two years and a lot of teething problems, the St Denis Posho Mill finally opened its doors to customers on 1st March 2012. Although the building and machinery has been in place for over a year, the mill was only connected to the electricity supply in February this year, to the great relief of the community who have been waiting and fundraising for its operation throughout 2011.

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After a long and anxious wait for the students and staff of St Denis, a new headteacher was finally appointed and arrived on 28th Feb. Namulema Lucia has come from being deputy head in an urban school in Masaka in order to see St Denis through the next stage of its development. She was selected for her diplomatic nature and commitment to the continuation of the self-sufficiency project and will be closely supported by the Parish, our field officer, and a new projects manager to ensure that the school businesses continue to thrive and develop.

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It has been all hands on deck for the volunteers at Ondati Secondary in Kenya recently.

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February was another action packed month at La Bastilla! We welcomed the students back after the long Christmas holidays to start a new academic year. We have 17 new students in 1st year and 4 in 2nd year, and may welcome more as the harvest season comes to an end and more students enrol in classes. The new group is really enthusiastic and has loads of potential so we are happy!  

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