Esiteti School
Esiteti School is located at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro bordering the north-eastern side of Amboseli National Park and south of Tanzania. Esiteti School follows the normal Kenyan curriculum; however, it has been suggested their curriculum be supplemented with basic lessons on conservation, ecology, and tourism. Although very few schools in Kenya incorporate these areas of education, Esiteti has become a model school providing inspiration for others to follow suit in creating a more viable conservation area in Maasailand.
Help Build a Classroom
Donate to build a classroom and be an integral part of the new Esiteti School scheduled to open October 2010. (See Architectural Plans for the new school.) Four more classrooms are needed to complete the school. Name a classroom on behalf of an individual, company or school by donating $8000 for materials and construction for a classroom.
Cross Cultural PenPal Exchange
Students from the US and Kenyan students at Esiteti school are matched up via pictures and letters. The children participating have an opportunity to learn from each other, ask questions, exchange letters or artwork. The ASK PenPal Program offers an opportunity for students to exchange ideas, learn about each others culture, and have a lifetime friend across the world. View photos of the children.
Interested in Participating
If a school is interested in participating in the Cross-Cultural PenPal Program, materials need to lay flat and fit easily in a suitcase, since all PenPal materials are hand delivered to Kenya only twice a year. Suggested PenPal items are letters, drawings or murals. It is of particular interest to students to know more about the history of your culture, as well as the cultural music, games, dances and songs. If a classroom should decide to put their PenPal material on video, video content can be delivered electronically via a link, an attachment under 10MB, or mailed on a DVD. Teachers are asked to include pictures with material, including student's name and age. Teachers interested in participating, please email
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The following schools are currently participating in the ASK PenPal Exchange Program:
El Montecito School, Montecito, CA
Harding Elementary, Santa Barbara, CA
Hart Street Elementary, Canoga Park, CA
Kellogg Elementary, Goleta, CA
Sharon Community School, Sharon, WI
2010/11 Service Trips to Kenya
People representing ASK travel at least twice a year to work with the students of Esiteti School and its community members. If there is interest in joining us, please email us at
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Join us on a two-week visit to Amboseli National Park and the surrounding Maasailand. Guests have the opportunity to participate in lesson plans with the students, go on safari in the National Park and stay in a lovely beach house on the Kenyan coast. Accommodations in Amboseli are at Tortilis Camp, which was voted one of the top Kenyan hotels in Travel & Leisure magazine. Total cost is approximately $3000, which is inclusive of all accommodations, food and transportation while in Kenya, excluding roundtrip fare to and from the States.
Esiteti School Teachers
From left to right: Benard Musaine Parmari, Josephine
Kisioki,
Peter Smasaa,
John Samanya Memusi, Luka Niibbaba
