Challenges. Revelations. Happiness I vividly recall the first time I entered the ELI Africa’s education center in Mon Gout back in 2011. The building was made of rock and the backyard was full of beautiful plants which, as I would later learn, were planted by the students themselves. The place
A curious fieldtrip I went down the stairs and saw a room on my right. I stepped inside and immediately noticed that something was odd. It seemed as if the number of kids had doubled and I couldn’t really understand why. I moved a few steps forward when it finally
Kids learning html – ELI Code in Roches Bois The ELI Code program has been running for several months now in Roches Bois. Michael and I are there every Saturday, imparting our programming knowledge and skills to young kids. The ride is not always a smooth one but it’s definitely
Eski ou koner kot ou manzer sorti? La plupart dimounes ine truve ene camion ki saryer banne zanimo. Mais si ou guette sa de plus pres, ou pu truver c’est ene la vie. Ou pu truve banne liziers ki rempli avec frayeur. Ou pu truve sa banne zanimos la
A few months ago, I met Michael. He had just completed secondary school and had shown interest to volunteer for ELI Africa. One thing caught my eyes in his application. Michael was a technology enthusiast and loved programming. In his application he wrote: “Personally, I would love to be able
Hello World. My apologies. I know it’s been some time since you’ve heard from me but chill out because I’ve got some good news. (And I’m fine in case you want to know. :-)) So here are some numbers. 5 students from the Pamplemousses center and 6 students from the
The world has lost a great man. Most of you surely more or less know the history of Nelson Mandela and his combat for racial equality in South Africa. As Barack Obama put it in his tribute to the former South African president, “Nelson Mandela lived for that ideal, and
On Saturday Sept 28, we organized a fieldtrip with our students from Roches Bois and Pamplemousses. The destination: Our coral nurseries in Trou aux Biches! We reached there at around 10.15 am and our very own Nadeem started by explaining the role of corals and their importance in the marine