It’s been a busy couple of weeks here at Noloholo. First the Scholars Bootcamp Retreat, then a week of Summer Camp interspersed with a couple of different visitors. I’ve only been to camp as aContinue reading
Author: Christy Ihlo
In Search of Drops of Golden Sun
The afternoon started out promising enough – part of today’s summer camp adventure was watching the Hadza collect honey from a tree near Noloholo. Unfortunately, the hive had very little honey, leaving the kids aContinue reading
Communication Challenges
So Jen wandered into the office a couple of Saturday’s ago and said “Well, I just lost my internet access so perhaps we need to investigate the text messages we have been getting.” That’s howContinue reading
Scholarly Skits
The sun shone brightly on the patio while Andrew, Jen, Kelly, and I gathered to watch the theatrical exploits of a group of young Maasai scholars. Their assignment: to write and perform skits in English,Continue reading
The Celebration
(Note: I did receive permission to take pictures at this event.) Tapping their walking sticks on the ground, the young Maasai warriors circled together, chanting and leaping into the air in a show ofContinue reading
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The Leopard’s Paw
“Sesame, Sesame.” Sitoti, one of the Hadza trackers, was perched above the headlights of “Old Sally,” one of APW’s Land Rovers. He held up his hand and said those fateful words we had been hopingContinue reading
Moving Day
For the past two weeks, we have been staying in the dorm. That might seem a little odd as Noloholo is in the middle of the bush and perhaps a dorm would seem out ofContinue reading
Of Honey Collectors and Elephant Trails
Buddy leaned against the doorframe and casually asked me, “You want to ride along in the truck this afternoon? We’re doing an anti-poaching patrol with the visiting WCS game scouts.” “Absolutely!” And I hurriedly collectedContinue reading
Nature’s SweetTart
Today I had the good fortune to ride along on a mock wildlife count with APW’s game scouts. Two game scouts from WCS are visiting Noloholo for a couple of days and wanted to seeContinue reading
The Deceitful Sunset
East Africa is known for its exceptional sunsets but I must admit that I have yet to be thoroughly impressed, until tonight. Tonight’s sunset was amazing – the colors were beautiful and I stopped deadContinue reading