Hekima Waldorf School, Tanzania

Hekima Waldorf School began in 1997.  In 2011 the school was able to purchase 14 acres of land - not the land itself but the plants on the land as I am told that land cannot be bought.
Stephan took me around the school sharing his story and the story and plans of the school.  At present 7 classes are housed in what was built to be the Kindergarten in a well designed and beautiful building while the Kindergarten use what is to be the kitchen. The school is registered as well as the building project which will eventually with finance permitting carry a Primary School building, a boarding School, a secondary school as well as administration buildings and there is a large piece of land for a farm. There are 162 children at the school at present with a baby-group, a play-group, a kindergarten and grade 1 to grade 7.
Stephen felt, when he was a scholar, that the schooling system was lacking in many ways and wanted to find a way to improve education in his country upon leaving school.  He researched different education systems and came across Waldorf education. He went into a state training to be educated as a teacher. One day he saw a bus drive past with Hekima Waldorf School displayed on the bus and remembered that that was the education system that had attracted his attention. Shortly after this a "father" in his life arrived with a newspaper advertising a teachers post at HEKIMA WALDORF. He was interviewed and got the post. He met his wife Sarah at Hekima where she has been teaching as a kindergarten teacher for the past 16 years. Stephan is now in his third cycle though twice he took the class from class 4 to 7 and this class he has had from class 1 and they reach class 6 in the next term.
He is passionate about Waldorf education.