Global Classroom Initiative

The team of teachers for the Farmers Helping Farmers "Global Classroom Initiative" arrived in Nairobi in spite of a snow storm in St. Johns, NF which caused a day’s delay in arriving and missing five pieces of luggage. They eased themselves into the Kenyan climate and surroundings by spending their first day at Rhona Sanayo Ole Sein’s Rimpa Estates, a 1000-acre beef operation just outside of Nairobi.

Their first week will be spent in the Mukurewe-ini district where they start to gather material and photographs for the development of the global education curriculum units for PEI students --- at the Grade 3, 6, 9 and senior high levels. As the teachers collect stories of global development themes they will be forwarding reports back to the blog.

Pictured: Lauren Gill O'Brien, Carolyn Francis, Elizabeth Baglole and Trudy White
Missing from photo: Joanne MacNevin and Tanya MacIntyre

The Global Classroom Initiative is a partnership with the PEI Department of Education, the Faculty of Education of the University of PEI, the PEI Teachers Federation and the Eastern/Western School Boards with partial funding from CIDA, corporate and private individuals.