Return to Moringe-Sokoine Secondary School

After we were married we lived and worked in Monduli, a town near Arusha. Moringe-Sokoine Secondary School is named after the late Prime Minister of Tanzania, Edward Moringe-Sokoine. Here is the archway to the main administration building.

The present Headmaster of the school is Mwalimu Kwayu, who was Second Headmaster while were were there nine years ago.

This is the old administration building, which is now Form 6 classrooms.

The building for Form 6 is in somewhat rundown shape. Some of the students can be seen studying in the classrooms.

The library at Moringe-Sokoine.

The computer lab at Moringe-Sokoine. There have been a lot of changes since we were there. For one thing, the school has a lot more computers. For another, there is internet access (at least part-time).

Since we left the school has constructed a new dining hall. The previous dining hall could only accommodate a fraction of the student population. Now, in addition to being able to feed the students in a better environment, the school can also use the hall for school assemblies and graduation ceremonies. In fact, students were able to gather together to watch the recent World Cup!

Behind the dining hall is the cooking facilities. There is also a water purification system that makes the water safe for drinking (in Tanzania you *never* drink straight from the tap!).

The Forms I-IV classroom building have been renovated. This is the front of the classrooms.

This is part of the water system Peach Lutheran Church helped the school build.

James playing with a bucket of the now-abundant water.

The Headmaster of Moringe-Sokoine while we were there was Dr. Seth Msinjili. He was called out of retirement to become the head of Maasae Girls School.