The River Club
Listed on this page are the specific needs requested by the community project(s) so you can choose exactly what to pack for a purpose and express your gratitude to the local community with the supplies you bring for them.
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The River Club

Project #1

The Simonga Village School Project

Needs

General School Supplies:
Chalk, Colored pencils, Compasses, Crayons, Erasers, Notebooks, Pencils, Pens, Protractors, Rulers, Solar calculators

Wall Charts:
English, Human body educational wall charts, Language educational wall charts, Math educational wall charts, Science educational wall charts, World maps

Games/Toys:
Bananagrams, Scrabble

Sports/Outdoor Activity:
Jump ropes, Netball/basketballs, Soccer balls

Other Needs:
math games, Simple Sums math books.

Project #2

About 15 minutes drive from Toka Leya, Nomad African Travel and The River Club, is Twabuka Middle Basic School in Sinde village. The school has 218 pupils from Grade 1 to 7, ranging in age from 5 to 15. The school currently has only five classrooms and requires another two classrooms in order to have a separate classroom for each grade. As it is a community school, government support is not always available. t

Needs

General School Supplies:
Book bags, Chalk, Colored pencils, Craft scissors, Crayons, Erasers, Glue sticks, Hand held pencil sharpeners, Markers, Notebooks, Pencils, Pencil cases/bags, Pens, Rulers, Solar calculators

Reference Materials:
English, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias

Flash Cards:
English, Alphabet flash cards, Math flash cards, Word flash cards

Wall Charts:
English, Human body educational wall charts, Language educational wall charts, Math educational wall charts, Science educational wall charts, World maps

Text/Reading Books:
English, Age Appropriate Story Books, Exercise Books, Language/Grammar Text Books

Computer Hardware/Software:
Solar-powered working laptops

Games/Toys:
Puzzles

Music Instruments:
Recorders

Sports/Outdoor Activity:
Frisbees, Inflation pumps, Jump ropes, Netball/basketballs, Soccer balls, Team uniforms/kits for soccer, Tennis balls

Clothing/Shoes:
New or gently used children's clothing, New or gently used children's shoes

First Aid/Health:
Antibiotic ointment, Band-Aids, Sanitary Napkins, Tampons, Other

Needs:
Vegetable and fruit seeds for the school vegetable garden

All the needs are current as of May 21, 2013